Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	84.9% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	145 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)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 662 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 162 Parallax 156 126% 158 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% 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: 126 130 142 133 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 374 Write 214 Mixed 235 SusWrite 130 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 46.7 170% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 185 146% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 322GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 434 426 426 423 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 411 SusWrite 435 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59 201% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 255 222% 329 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 414GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 73 62 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 75.3 Write 72.4 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 70.9 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $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 $45	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