Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% 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	94.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 04:57
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 615 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 86.3 58% 75.8 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 57.2 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 330 308 315 280 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 386 Mixed 314 SusWrite 305 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 40.1 135% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 833GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 135GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 37 50 12 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 114 Write 77.4 Mixed 107 SusWrite 29.8 18% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 13.6 49% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 37 44% 80.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 45%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 845GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 97 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 79.2 Write 96.4 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 98.7 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.5 151% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 66%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 14GB free, PID 4000, Transcend TS-RDF8K Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 8.7 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 5.4 12% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 58% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 34%
Apricorn SATAWire 256GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 154GB free, PID 0040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 40 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 38.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 39 52% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 10 994% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 11.4 DQ Write 22.2 DQ Mixed 10.9 1,168% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 73%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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