Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.3% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 07:16
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 599 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1677 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 204 98% 139 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 141 Splatting 133 101% 122 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 169 161 163 158 157 MB/s Performing below potential (89^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	84.3% Excellent	Read 275 Write 247 Mixed 202 SusWrite 166 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48.1 173% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 142 128% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 86%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 531GB free Firmware: 7C SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 436 439 396 435 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 434 Mixed 328 SusWrite 429 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.4 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 200 174% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 122 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 171 Write 153 Mixed 116 SusWrite 121 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 401GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 127 127 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 93.8 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 128 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

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

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

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

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