Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.7% 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	103% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150211
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '16 at 23:51
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 443 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0474) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 102 60% 79.2 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 80.3 57% 67.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vert EX450 256GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30002377 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 35827024 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 29 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3321 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1807 (F9) Unknown 100 100 256613815	103% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 476 Mixed 489 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 30.2 128% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 99.5 139% 254 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 96 175213719 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7002 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 198 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 47390738957 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 487981085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 24 175213719 (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 64802466586690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3108340928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1116468915	50% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 85.5 Mixed 97.4 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 68%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 6 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5917 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 309104 (C2) HDA temperature 121 93 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 85.3 Write 77.2 Mixed 88.2 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.46 101% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 51%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 438GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 146 4775 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 360270 (C2) HDA temperature 117 86 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 70.3 Write 72.3 Mixed 63.2 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 49%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 113GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 151 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2358 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 929 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85447 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.1% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 49.6 Mixed 54.7 38% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.38 74% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston X5DX3Y-ELD Kingston X5DX3Y-ELD 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.3% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 52%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16