Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130627
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 03:36
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 584 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% EVGA(3842 3712) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.27% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.91 4% 4.84 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.27% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 365 298 306 299 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 365 Mixed 354 SusWrite 330 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 61.8 218% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 288 220% 293 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 913GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 154 153 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 95.4 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 152 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 98 97 98 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 57.8 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 98.4 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 161% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS54757 750GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 0GB free Firmware: D70A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 59.7 Write 60.1 Mixed 36.9 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 52%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1GB free Firmware: 0002 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 49.2 Write 24.3 Mixed 22.3 24% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 59%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 107 Write 122 Mixed 49 SusWrite 109 130% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 156% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 53%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 125 124 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 108 Write 90.7 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 124 130% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.1 186% 2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 53%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 107GB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 59 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 48.6 Write 117 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 61.3 103% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 183% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 56%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 212GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 34.4 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 38.4 44% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 31%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 95 91 92 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 48.1 Write 115 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 92.8 114% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 195% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 72%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 922GB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 62.7 Write 88.3 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 88.7 107% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.6 281% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 85%

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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