Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (89^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 168 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 262 34% 260 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 67.8 55% 68.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 70.7 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$140 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 173 216 214 197 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 344 Write 246 Mixed 222 SusWrite 203 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 33.2 125% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 162 136% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 89%
Plextor PX-512M6G-2280 512GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 477GB free Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 347 364 369 370 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 321 Mixed 252 SusWrite 357 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 34.1 128% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 225 200% 303 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 479GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 138 136 145 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 85 SusWrite 139 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 83%
PLEXTOR PX-128M5Pro 128GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 119GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 31.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 27.6 39% 29 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 6.3 474% 6.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-025.A00LF 2x8GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

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

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $137Bench 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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