Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	88% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 00:50
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 190 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 360 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 78.7 53% 67.5 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 74.7 52% 62.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 35842 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 292 (B1) Unknown 99 99 22 (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 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2543957419	88% Excellent	Read 513 Write 402 Mixed 433 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 23.6 135% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 23.1 32% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 119%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38685770198 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1054 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979675166 (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	86.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 147 Mixed 149 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.23 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 844GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 122 119 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 128426 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 27 (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	67.1% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 112 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 24GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Read 11.1 Write 5.35 Mixed 7.24 9% 7.89 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.94 85% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

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Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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