Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics76.2% 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 Drive122% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus GRYPHON Z87  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 14 '19 at 07:42
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 96.5
1-Core 127
2-Core 232
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 649
70% 556 Pts
64-Core 647
40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.2% Very good
Lighting 91.3
Reflection 95.8
Parallax 75.1
74% 87.4 fps
MRender 96.5
Gravity 95
Splatting 99.8
80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 297 297 298 285 288 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 489
Mixed 419
SusWrite 301
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 62.9
217% 78.4 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 361
270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 122%
Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
871GB free
Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 729 731 749 768 764 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
233% Outstanding
Read 1,396
Write 1167
Mixed 873
SusWrite 740
234% 1,044 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 77.2
270% 99.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,196
DQ Write 1,005
DQ Mixed 1,067
809% 1,090 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 233%
Great: 363%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
5.5TB free
Firmware: A4GNW91X
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 185 189 194 184 185 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 182
Write 180
Mixed 71
SusWrite 186
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.7
6% 2.6 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
69.9% Good
MC Read 24.9
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 21.8
69% 24 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 21.6
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 52.4
76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GRYPHON Z87 Builds (Compare 650 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $620
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Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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