Asus GRYPHON Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z97 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 07:00
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 431 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3968) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 42.4 42% 46.9 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 39.4 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 106GB free Firmware: L201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 274 275 279 274 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 279 Mixed 267 SusWrite 276 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 34.5 160% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 33 100% 217 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 53 43 60 56 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43% Average	Read 88 Write 96.5 Mixed 67 SusWrite 61.3 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 351GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 139 137 139 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 99.3 Mixed 73 SusWrite 137 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 74%

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

Gaming 65%

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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 $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