Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 03:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 697 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 11D8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 69.8 64% 76.2 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 75.1 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 403GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,409 Write 1,040 Mixed 1,078 261% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 68 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 54.6 285% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,071 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 279 388% 720 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^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 100 100 328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 31 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10283 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (94) Unknown 100 100 7752 (95) Unknown 100 100 361 (96) Unknown 100 100 215 (97) Unknown 100 100 337 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 27 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115985 (F2) Unknown 100 100 100925 (F5) Unknown 100 100 329056	89.5% Excellent	Read 513 Write 341 Mixed 323 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 27.1 127% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 70.2 95% 176 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 72 122525932 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1227947 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -42052024795072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 72 122525932 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30743375904799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2116468459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89337274
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 861GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36903496 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11310509 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2518 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 502 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64819 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 30064771098 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 493921244105 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9799063332 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16669223169	94.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 39.9 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 25.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 109%

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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	150x
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
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 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 $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