Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 03:27
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 673 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 11D8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 68.7 62% 74.9 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 72 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 289 294 294 293 294 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 433 Mixed 405 SusWrite 280 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48 167% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 259 204% 282 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 127%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 309GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 585 600 606 601 607 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,272 Write 1,040 Mixed 733 SusWrite 566 202% 903 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 66.4 276% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 1,172 DQ Mixed 900 740% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 192GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 115 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 110 Write 59.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 115 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 244GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 141 141 143 138 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 72.3 Write 122 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 140 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 206% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 85%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 1.9 3.9 4.3 4.5 5.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.98% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3.9 9% 8.85 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.98% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 23.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%

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Typical GRYPHON Z87 Builds (Compare 650 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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