Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 444 57% 433 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 31.1 21% 28.7 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 23 Splatting 31.1 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 469 291 295 312 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 478 Mixed 445 SusWrite 350 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 57.9 218% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 163 171 155 153 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 228 Mixed 233 SusWrite 163 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45 175% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 139 122% 183 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 429GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 119 117 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 105 Write 99.8 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 116 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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