Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 18:48
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 704 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.57 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 22.9 20% 22.4 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 26 Splatting 19.4 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 819GB free Firmware: GKAOA94A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 174 174 55855153641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1480 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1480 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 236224380965 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47% Average	Read 79.9 Write 83.5 Mixed 82.5 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.52 127% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 811 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 130 Mixed 142 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 477GB free Firmware: GKAOA94A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 190 190 51564446050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 63711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 809 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 809 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 249109282858 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	40.5% Average	Read 67.8 Write 72.8 Mixed 70.6 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.43 111% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 3x8GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 73%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 - $176

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	65x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	18x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 1,661 samples	5x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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