Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	78.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 709 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2727 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 163 Parallax 154 123% 156 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 665GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1322 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47253094503 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 483 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 43 184684773411 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73017196586 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3413 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4372 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3468 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13117 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70% Very good	Read 375 Write 187 Mixed 118 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 19.5 116% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 36.6 76% 159 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 107%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 197 100 709 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2428 (A6) Unknown 100 100 33 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 85 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 69 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1144 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 223338299435 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14811 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9016 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16790	78.3% Very good	Read 463 Write 358 Mixed 416 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 4.47 104% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 25.9 72% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$102 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 879GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 136 136 17206149559 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 372 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864577062 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.9% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 168 Mixed 163 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 770GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 30 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 87 3451 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11772 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8489 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 2193 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11491 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 99 99 42281042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3330 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 340538 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979675166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13974 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3879 (F1) Unknown 99 94 1484360 (F2) Unknown 96 94 5767526 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	51.1% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 86.7 Mixed 82.2 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.25 54% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXOB 4x4GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	106x
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 $76Bench 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: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16