Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '20 at 03:59
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 564 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KW010T8 1TB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 563GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 391 393 380 383 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 448 Mixed 421 SusWrite 383 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 68.9 206% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 273 216% 299 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 132%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 79GB free Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 220 219 220 148 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 419 Write 156 Mixed 186 SusWrite 192 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 23.7 89% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 85 71% 105 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 130GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 272 272 272 272 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 296 Mixed 369 SusWrite 284 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 60.8 217% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 236 211% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 120 119 121 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 81 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 86%
HGST HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 515GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 93 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 98.5 Write 92.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 92.9 106% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $55Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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