Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 13:46
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 212 85% 145 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 637 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 69.9 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 76.7 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 487 Mixed 376 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.8 199% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$182 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 161 162 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 145 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 161 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 4x8GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

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

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16