Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% 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	89.2% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 614 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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 (97^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 88.3 58% 77 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 57.5 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 117 110 116 115 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 469 Write 264 Mixed 292 SusWrite 120 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 44 154% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 337 255% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 833GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 135GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 29 28 22 18 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	Read 439 Write 129 Mixed 195 SusWrite 28 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 22.4 62% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 41 50% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 45%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 845GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 61 59 59 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 14.3 Write 55.3 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 59.8 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 66%
Apricorn SATAWire 256GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 154GB free, PID 0040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 37.8 Write 38 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 39.1 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 10.1 1,032% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 11.5 DQ Write 22.7 DQ Mixed 11 1,189% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 75.2% 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 (80^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 40%

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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 $127Bench 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) $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