Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.4% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 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 04:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 158 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 267 35% 263 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.1% 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 (94^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 62.1 54% 66.3 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 71.5 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.4% 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: 171 214 191 186 207 203 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.4% Above average	Read 142 Write 176 Mixed 195 SusWrite 195 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 24.6 86% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 148 138% 214 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 89%
Plextor PX-512M6G-2280 512GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 477GB free Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 358 377 299 335 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 338 Mixed 242 SusWrite 324 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 32 130% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 223 200% 303 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 479GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 139 141 127 136 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 148 Write 95.3 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 134 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%
INTEL SS DSC2BW360H6 360GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 335GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 28 26 26 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 32 Write 26.9 Mixed 28 SusWrite 25.6 38% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 6.9 477% 6.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 55%

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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%

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

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

Gaming 65%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369