Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 11:11
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 48.9 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 111 50% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 256 32% 245 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3553) 1GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 12 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 13.6 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 256GB-$149 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 231GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1613 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 123 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1405 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180389937179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 505 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 44.4 142% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 106 124% 216 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 102%
Dingzhi ZHUANSHU SSD DISK 240GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 223GB free Firmware: Q0810B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 4 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4032 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20213 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18473 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32256	91.5% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 285 Mixed 366 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 35.2 134% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 70.6 110% 208 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3902 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2819 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 199 (A9) Unknown 100 100 395 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 85 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1215 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 223339413535 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 529 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 595 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22492 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13135 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19380 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	98% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 462 Mixed 473 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 28.8 126% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 64.6 99% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
SanDisk SDSSDXPS240G 240GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 223GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 42 Write 42.2 Mixed 42.1 54% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 8.05 986% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 8.94 1,076% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866G 2OZ 2x4GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 165 24% 165 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 72%

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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 $245Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16