Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	96.9% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 19:28
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 416 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 84.6 56% 71 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 75 54% 64 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6008 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 591 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 49 38 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6118529715	96.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 411 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 26.4 151% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 107 98% 144 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 416GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201427696 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 346072346 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 55 37 27003216134189 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64657 (C2) HDA temperature 45 63 55834574893 (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 35673998377056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51639023271 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90744154234	85.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 147 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 114%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 668GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 112 143% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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