Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 08:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 177 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 271 37% 276 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.5% 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: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 70 Parallax 61.9 58% 67.8 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 70.7 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 42 44 40 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 74.6 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 43.9 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 54%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 469GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 136 138 138 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 131 Mixed 108 SusWrite 137 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 128GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 99GB free, PID b202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 158 159 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 156 Mixed 127 SusWrite 158 217% 170 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 20.5 2,694% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 24.5 3,433% 40 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 248%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	66x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	18x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $133Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $936

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353