Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.4% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 07:50
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	Memory 53.2 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 176 59% 107 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 255 34% 254 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 256GB-$149 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 413 420 433 286 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 364 Write 316 Mixed 362 SusWrite 386 81% 357 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 36.6 113% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 324 245% 329 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 102%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 424GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 411 423 442 451 444 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 376 Write 282 Mixed 230 SusWrite 419 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 14.3 68% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 162 158% 251 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 483GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 141 140 138 143 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 112 Mixed 84 SusWrite 139 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 109GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 84 Write 67.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 90.3 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-062.A00LF 1x4GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	21.6% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.1 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 29%

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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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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