Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '23 at 23:20
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 233 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 607 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 2,708 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 8D9D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 83 Parallax 87.1 76% 87.9 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 63.6 58% 72.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S41 512GB 2,199 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D62 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,188 Write 904 Mixed 891 221% 994 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 6.9 112% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 617 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 402 324% 463 MB/s
Poor: 124% Great: 314%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 10GB free Firmware: M6CR013 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 446 Write 380 Mixed 27.1 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 20.7 74% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 6.6 DQ Mixed 10.3 28% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 77GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 180 179 179 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 131 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 174 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	165	31.5"	1920 1017	AOC3230 AG323FWG3R3

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Typical GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION Builds (Compare 224 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 97%

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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	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 $278Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16