Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 12:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 528 68% 516 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 133 108% 137 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10156 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1039 (B1) Unknown 97 97 106 (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 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32076493067	70.1% Very good	Read 478 Write 87.9 Mixed 150 51% 239 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.6 122% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 63.5 89% 172 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 256GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31197344 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27387489 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 588644385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29457 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 68719476769 (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 -69492570846931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23907088544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 757051254957	72.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 147 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 251GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194008744 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 137588989448 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 555089951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 7 7 186762 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 34359738399 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 20 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 652835038139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -92437025740138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40150975829930	88.1% Excellent	Read 177 Write 130 Mixed 116 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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