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Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

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Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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.
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	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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 4320 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 12:53
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 502 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 109% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GB 20,750 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72H1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,362 Write 1,220 Mixed 1,125 275% 1,236 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 83.2 274% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,465 DQ Write 1,293 DQ Mixed 1,380 1,034% 1,379 MB/s
Poor: 123% Great: 295%
Patriot Burst 960GB 4,793 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 67GB free Firmware: SBFMBA.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 247 229 271 237 255 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.4% Below average	Read 227 Write 101 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 252 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 10.7 44% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14 10% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 102%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$66 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 317GB free Firmware: CC41 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,707 Write 40.3 Mixed 95.5 1,395% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 821 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 4.8 34,788% 276 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Amd-raid WDC WDS500G1B0A- 500GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 53GB free Firmware: X41100WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,817 Write 52.5 Mixed 105 1,427% 1,992 MB/s	4K Read 796 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 6.5 33,944% 269 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 212%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%

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Typical GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION Builds (Compare 232 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

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	107x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	39x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $77Bench 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	8x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	7x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $662

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