Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 19:48
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 650 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 869D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 106 Parallax 107 87% 107 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 78.8 79% 99.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 628GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 423 430 443 456 473 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 774 Write 280 Mixed 482 SusWrite 449 110% 496 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 33.7 132% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 120 140% 233 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 541%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$179 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 184 185 183 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 172 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 183 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.6 208% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16