Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 06:00
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 88 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 161 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 220 31% 228 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 58.9 56% 64.7 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 70.5 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 200 200 148 162 185 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 309 Write 226 Mixed 191 SusWrite 182 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 31 97% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 159 138% 202 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 89%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 657GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 111 112 91 96 111 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 120 Write 80 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 104 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 83%
External USB3.0 180GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 168GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 168 173 132 144 173 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	230% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 201 Mixed 152 SusWrite 158 237% 175 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 25 2,733% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 38.8 4,172% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 230% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
JMicron Generic 256GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 118GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 229 268 165 173 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 255 Write 150 Mixed 275 SusWrite 212 298% 223 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 27.6 2,872% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 42.9 4,050% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 256%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-025.A00LF 2x8GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%

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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 $269	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 $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