Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51% 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	79.9% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:30
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 564 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 58.1 53% 61.7 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 52.2 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1926 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 601 (A9) Unknown 100 100 305 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 485 (AE) Unknown 100 100 239 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 129 554052223014 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4112 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 126662 (F1) Unknown 253 253 61055 (F2) Unknown 253 253 26354 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 439 Write 382 Mixed 389 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 21 96% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 48.2 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 99%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 53GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 10806138621324 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2578 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1166 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1166 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 440060 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 72 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 440060 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1186693 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11895	53.9% Above average	Read 488 Write 169 Mixed 210 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 14.1 65% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 66 DQ Mixed 43.7 50% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 238702377 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1599604 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -6476810682340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 65 50 673251363 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 98784247843 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 238702377 (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 117132348096540 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2065093697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2327595627	67.4% Good	Read 144 Write 89.2 Mixed 83.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.28 4K Write 4.86 4K Mixed 0.52 243% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 90%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 901GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89209088 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 256142 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (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 64 61 656474148 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 107374182436 (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 37864431681549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2347721066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 81213402	77.1% Very good	Read 107 Write 160 Mixed 120 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.03 4K Mixed 0.79 197% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Battleship

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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