Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 14:18
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 514 64% 486 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6265) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 67.9 67% 76 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 73 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 428 Mixed 306 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.7 187% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 177 183% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 24GB free Firmware: 5.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 164 165 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 397 Write 166 Mixed 200 SusWrite 164 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 37.7 144% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 116 112% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 190 191 190 190 191 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 108 Write 133 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 190 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 432% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%

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

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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	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