Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 21:46
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 250 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 650 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5832 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3687 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 53 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26377621203	109% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 402 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 45.4 162% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 122 143% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 4TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 140 140 51577356813 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 51 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 533 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 533 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 257699414058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17	74.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 115 Mixed 138 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 240GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65889680 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15342002 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4548 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 48 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 706281508 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 184973 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 48 65889680 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 69.2 Write 71.9 Mixed 72.7 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.34 73% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 156GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 132036 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 211 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 197 192 849	57.4% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 103 Mixed 76.7 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 67%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 36GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 49.2 Mixed 41.5 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA USB FLASH DRIVE 16GB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 6GB free, PID 1408 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 81.7 Write 6.58 Mixed 11.3 28% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.72 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 33% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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