Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% 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	89% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 17:20
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 651 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 82.7 54% 72.4 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 56.1 51% 62.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 226 208 183 158 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 416 Write 259 Mixed 270 SusWrite 192 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 253 187% 248 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 420GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 163 162 169 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 122 Write 104 Mixed 26 SusWrite 164 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 426GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 109 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.6 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 69%

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

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Desktop 85%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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