Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive116% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150818
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 21 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 24%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 229
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 448
58% 439 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.4% Very good
Lighting 98.5
Reflection 108
Parallax 104
80% 104 fps
MRender 94.8
Gravity 92
Splatting 97.1
78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199
898GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 421 404 396 393 399 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 437
Mixed 360
SusWrite 400
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 58
180% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 255
221% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 116%
Great: 126%
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 20100P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 366 366 370 370 371 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Read 446
Write 371
Mixed 302
SusWrite 367
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 32.3
124% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 274
228% 330 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 94%
Great: 98%
SK hynix SC300 2.5 7MM 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 20100P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 368 364 369 369 370 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 454
Write 366
Mixed 280
SusWrite 367
82% 367 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 34.4
136% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 274
228% 329 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 98%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
63.3% Good
MC Read 22
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 20.4
63% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $913
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