Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 22:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 690 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 206 Parallax 176 146% 187 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 179 Splatting 133 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20548 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 784 (B1) Unknown 91 91 180 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 43 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 81006500356	93.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 402 Mixed 416 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 29.7 141% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 20.1 56% 112 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 274GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8553 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3775 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8285 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.6% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 111 Mixed 112 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.41 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 187GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 75 136095337 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 28214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 25 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 811611841 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4317 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 15886 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 656867367 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 55834574887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 52 237269043 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.6% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 66.4 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 172GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7910 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 12643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 41568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3725 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 168 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454361115 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 487653403 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6403945 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 96.5 Write 72.9 Mixed 89.8 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.31 95% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 89%

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Gaming 97%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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