Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.5% 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 Drive178% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION  (all builds)
Memory29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 07 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Memory 97.8
1-Core 137
2-Core 271
94% 169 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 688
72% 580 Pts
64-Core 703
44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 114
Parallax 97.1
85% 105 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 95.7
Splatting 99.7
80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 784 870 890 877 874 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
178% Outstanding
Read 1,479
Write 904
Mixed 563
SusWrite 849
211% 949 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 33.6
135% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 608
DQ Write 582
DQ Mixed 545
423% 578 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 178%
Great: 565%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB
906GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 201 202 203 200 203 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 135
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 201
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 116%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL10 8GB 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
MC Read 33.7
MC Write 31.9
MC Mixed 28.2
89% 31.3 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 28.7
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 47.1
85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $913
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