Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	136% 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	94.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '22 at 11:40
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 198 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 511 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 200 Parallax 197 156% 196 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 196 Splatting 125 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 142 223 229 224 234 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 372 Mixed 249 SusWrite 205 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 44.9 161% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 163 160% 258 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 116%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 373GB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 86 87 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 64.3 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 87.3 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 176% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 64%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 20 21 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 13.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 20 32% 25 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.7 81% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 80%

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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	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 $45	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