Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.3% 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	101% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 01:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 532 71% 531 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Nvidia(10DE 1051) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 60.6 Parallax 78.1 51% 67.1 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 45.6 49% 61.7 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1287 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 515 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6212228446	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 406 Mixed 168 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 32.7 140% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 112 140% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Volume1 1TB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 645GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 209 Mixed 115 128% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.76 154% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 161GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173973200 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2333320 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 844 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 44 173973200 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34.2% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 59.4 Mixed 26.5 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.39 81% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 63%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 79% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16