Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 12:13
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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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, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 694 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 151 Parallax 132 117% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2276 (A6) Unknown 100 100 42 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 285 (A9) Unknown 100 100 411 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 148 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 139 597001175074 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1117 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36962 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18232 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13317 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 251 Write 256 Mixed 251 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 29.1 140% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 65.8 84% 149 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1038 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8598782070 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 33 287762808875 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 167506214951 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 649 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1100 (F1) Unknown 253 253 700 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1450 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 502 Write 367 Mixed 452 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 5.21 96% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 6.19 70% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 322 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12239 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 141 Mixed 119 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 504GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106183459 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 64 64 37738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36984328 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6191 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950393868 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 572391456 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 38654705696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 23 106183459 (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 -33771327806404 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3729992117 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3646019786	52.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 76.8 Mixed 97.7 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 140GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124287994 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 485467822 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6528 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131098 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 622854178 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 124287994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 39067022577632 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2224868882 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2593200784	49.5% Average	Read 99.1 Write 73.4 Mixed 94.8 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 68%

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 @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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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Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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