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Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION

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Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	81.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '16 at 11:13
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$56 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 205 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 408 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0474) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 93 56% 74.4 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 79.1 56% 67.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB-$206 409 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30002377 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 35827024 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 30 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3429 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2020 (F9) Unknown 100 100 266668052	81.1% Excellent	Read 493 Write 470 Mixed 464 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 19.6 76% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 75.2 95% 170 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$60 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 162374681 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7033 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 198 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 47390851343 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 403963928 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 81604378648 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 24 162374681 (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 25061134196906 (F1) Unknown 100 253 614343953 (F2) Unknown 100 253 185254635	50.3% Above average	Read 89 Write 86.4 Mixed 88.9 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.39 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 68%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 6 8091 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5945 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 309537 (C2) HDA temperature 130 93 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 88.7 Write 83.4 Mixed 93.5 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 51%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 438GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 146 4816 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 360697 (C2) HDA temperature 124 86 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 67.7 Mixed 66.5 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston X5DX3Y-ELD Kingston X5DX3Y-ELD 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 52%

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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	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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