Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.3% 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	74.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 01:32
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 531 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3122) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 24 22% 24.3 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 27.6 20% 23.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 19485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 881 (A6) Unknown 100 100 46 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 223 (A9) Unknown 100 100 186 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 111 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 123 528281567264 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 838 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27283 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11285 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8113 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74.1% Very good	Read 420 Write 429 Mixed 382 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 14.3 101% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 13.3 19% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 109%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 170 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 74512 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.3% Good	Read 129 Write 102 Mixed 103 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 174 7433 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9526 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.9% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 87.6 Mixed 84.7 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 75%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 - $200

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	149x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	137x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	52x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	11x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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