Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.3% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 03:25
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 603 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 71.9 63% 75.8 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 62.8 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 954GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 57 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3795 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 100 100 3039 (95) Unknown 100 100 112 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 72 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 77 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101495 (F2) Unknown 100 100 62811 (F5) Unknown 100 100 242880	84.3% Excellent	Read 506 Write 338 Mixed 353 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 28.4 120% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 58.4 74% 128 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 126%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 465GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6162 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (94) Unknown 100 100 16865 (95) Unknown 100 100 429 (96) Unknown 100 100 243 (97) Unknown 100 100 401 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 59 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 293513 (F2) Unknown 100 100 596012 (F5) Unknown 100 100 394368	76.3% Very good	Read 506 Write 343 Mixed 353 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 16.9 103% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 16.5 42% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 126%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 380GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14418085 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 819 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 66 283469348914 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 201865297967 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2885 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3199 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3082 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2539 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.5% Very good	Read 485 Write 231 Mixed 280 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 19.9 111% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 11 69% 162 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 106%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 113 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.46 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 94%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 571GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 76.1 Write 69.6 Mixed 79.2 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 63%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 232GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 161 6658 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1711 (10) Unknown 5 195 94655421009 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9544 (C2) HDA temperature 105 89 45 (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	74.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 127 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.37 118% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x8GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 62%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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