Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 186 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 284 37% 279 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 64.7 0% 45.2 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 73.5 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 160GB free Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 201 216 214 220 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 345 Write 246 Mixed 275 SusWrite 213 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 38.2 143% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 158 148% 230 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 89%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 33 31 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 46.9 Write 77 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 31.4 31% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 54%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 469GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 141 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 114 SusWrite 140 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 1x8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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