Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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 Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 11:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 267 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 706 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 158 Parallax 148 122% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 116 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 445 434 467 472 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 480 Mixed 254 SusWrite 455 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 40.7 164% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 156 160% 262 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 95GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 107 113 114 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	54% Above average	Read 411 Write 168 Mixed 204 SusWrite 120 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 18.2 78% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 21.5 51% 108 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 145 147 149 149 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 142 Mixed 96 SusWrite 148 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 105 104 105 106 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 139 Write 140 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 104 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

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

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Typical GRYPHON Z97 Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

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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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Total price: $786

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 $182	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) $30	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