Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 02:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 237 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 682 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1875 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 375.70 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	1.71% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 0.77 Parallax 1.78 2% 1.65 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 1.93 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.45 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 1.71% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 53 80 72 75 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 456 Mixed 364 SusWrite 88.5 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.7 160% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 176 182% 295 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 192 190 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 150 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 193 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 31GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 53 65 65 67 64 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 92.4 Write 49.9 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 59.1 83% 65 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 4.8 233% 5.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 7,464 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 60%

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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 $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 $179	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