Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 02:48
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 660 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1120 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 114 68% 86 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 83.9 Splatting 79.5 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 62%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 175 175 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 69 62 163209740319 (F1) Unknown 100 100 216220	75% Very good	Read 513 Write 341 Mixed 350 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 9.36 98% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 9.29 45% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 27.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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