Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (100th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 0 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 22:26
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 283 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 758 83% 657 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1641 MHz, MLim: 1782 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 70.4 62% 75.6 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 63.6 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 461 470 472 474 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 476 Mixed 444 SusWrite 468 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.2 199% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 470 Mixed 409 SusWrite 88.6 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 51.9 184% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 214 191% 286 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 67%

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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%

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16