Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 05:21
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 621 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 190 Parallax 191 141% 184 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 172 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1910 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2420088013	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 45.9 176% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 72.5 55% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33201 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 92 (B1) Unknown 91 91 101 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 76500084914	79.5% Very good	Read 506 Write 345 Mixed 322 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 20.8 122% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 19 25% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 126%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 172 172 38677447074 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 144 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7867 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7867 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 188979871780 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 104 Write 119 Mixed 117 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.35 123% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 113%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 300GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 250 233 2500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1940 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1890 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 3.16 4K Mixed 0.44 138% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 80%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 208GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 139 8558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 63 26632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 524 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.25 114% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 994074 4x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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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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