Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 20:17
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 234 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 698 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 60.6 54% 64.3 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 52.8 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1064 (A5) Unknown 100 100 441930 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 114 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 25 188979085337 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 380 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 742 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14128370672 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23726070285	45.5% Average	Read 451 Write 247 Mixed 213 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 9.63 4K Mixed 8.24 38% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 13 DQ Mixed 7.93 10% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 56%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12983659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 64012192584417 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 42 64427261974 (C2) HDA temperature 22 42 64427261974 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12983659 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12983659 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12983659 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5599 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1052 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1052 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5609 (F4) Unknown 100 100 196673557	56.4% Above average	Read 429 Write 103 Mixed 144 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 12.3 100% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 82.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 29.4 40% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 208GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1262 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1207 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 24 (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	86.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 143 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.31 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 182GB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 42 Mixed 22.7 44% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.37 62% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 4x4GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 42.6 94% 42.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 119%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	105x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	35x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	25x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
S3 500G 500GBSandiskBench 92%, 12,292 samples	12x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	10x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	7x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $913

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16