Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 04:30
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$195 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 75.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 903 82% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,313 81% 1,313 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 96 90% 107 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 98.9 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,514 Write 1,344 Mixed 1,335 381% 1,731 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 44.3 180% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 107 115% 193 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12304 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1773 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21185047912	84.4% Excellent	Read 506 Write 349 Mixed 354 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 25.6 127% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 82.5 73% 104 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$51 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 927GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1012 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1307 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 183 Mixed 165 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.37 146% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$51 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 918GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1314 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 164 Mixed 162 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.3 130% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 339GB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128239672 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 17295119496 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538116127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110727 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92754113710539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 246973431235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 421918461221	91.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 27GB free Firmware: ES12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136733503 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128390547 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2288 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1442 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 521338910 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 22 136733503 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.7% Average	Read 98.5 Write 67.7 Mixed 88 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 60%
WDC WD75 00BPVT-75HXZT3 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 265GB free, PID 0888 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	Read 74.1 Write 69.4 Mixed 62.2 87% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 29.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 24.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 95%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $235Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	280x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $195Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	196x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	159x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	88x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383