Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85% 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

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 07:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 668 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 156 Parallax 136 122% 148 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 146 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 152 152 150 157 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 385 Write 211 Mixed 254 SusWrite 156 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 45.2 165% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 83.4 96% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 241GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 388 426 426 426 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 487 Mixed 418 SusWrite 397 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 60.8 201% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 256 222% 329 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 351GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 72 71 72 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 73 Write 74 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 71.4 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 27.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 86%

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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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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