Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 191 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 286 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 050E) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.13% Terrible	Lighting 1.57 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 0.78 1% 1.18 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 1.63 Splatting 0.78 1% 1.08 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.13% Great: 2%

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 (91^st 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 100 100 177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1629 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 130 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1416 (C2) HDA temperature 76 58 180389740568 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	99.3% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 484 Mixed 508 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 24.4 120% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 154 156% 252 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 102%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -1821066133097 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2036 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4023 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 27 57 60133277723 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2036 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5423 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 182510 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 182510 (F2) Unknown 100 100 189930 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6238	73.5% Very good	Read 508 Write 174 Mixed 292 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 24.5 134% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 14.9 26% 49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 1x8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 34%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GRYPHON Z97 Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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