Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	83.8% 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	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 666 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 156 Parallax 136 122% 148 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 146 Splatting 116 106% 130 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% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 158 158 148 156 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 385 Write 196 Mixed 249 SusWrite 156 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 43.7 161% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 183 145% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 251GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 403 424 425 426 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 485 Mixed 438 SusWrite 399 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.8 193% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 251 219% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$28 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 463GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 76 77 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 76.3 Write 57.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 75.4 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.6% 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 1800 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 $269	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 $177	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