Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 534 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 82%

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: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 62.8 57% 67.4 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 55.8 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7975 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1063 (B1) Unknown 95 95 103 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18984983256	116% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 409 Mixed 418 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.5 185% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 98 136% 252 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 644GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 220040593 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5402698 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (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 72 66 487915548 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 148 (C2) HDA temperature 28 20 85899345948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 220040593 (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 79856326935074 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2000992234 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2131453569	68.2% Good	Read 105 Write 133 Mixed 85.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 113%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 366GB free Firmware: AX003J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1063 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 136332 (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 70 70 12002 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4364 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 230495 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339085852 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 75 75 10083 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 179 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 99.2 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

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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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $913

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