Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	96.1% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 06:57
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 517 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.3 77% 101 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 99.3 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 871GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 404 440 432 414 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 413 Mixed 295 SusWrite 406 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 40.2 130% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 226 176% 249 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 133%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 182GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 405 441 432 410 424 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 402 Mixed 352 SusWrite 406 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 43.3 133% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 224 173% 243 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 121%
512gb QLC SATA SSD 512GB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 276GB free Firmware: S0918A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 124 15 18 58 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 467 Write 372 Mixed 382 SusWrite 97.5 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 24.3 101% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 40.8 48% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 192GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 136 129 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 134 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 202% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16