Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics117% 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 Drive68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus GRYPHON Z97  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 26 '17 at 17:22
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 18%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 138
2-Core 270
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 711
71% 577 Pts
64-Core 718
44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Lighting 158
Reflection 161
Parallax 138
129% 152 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 149
Splatting 118
106% 131 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 117%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
68.3% Good
Read 499
Write 135
Mixed 163
58% 266 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 15.2
126% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 55.7
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 32.7
42% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102
294GB free
Firmware: 3.AFM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
41.7% Average
Read 69.9
Write 75.1
Mixed 74.5
55% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 1.68
4K Mixed 0.25
87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
67.7% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 25.3
MC Mixed 21.1
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 20
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 56.5
71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GRYPHON Z97 Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z97 - $176

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $785
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