Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.5% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 06:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 124 2-Core 215 85% 145 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 664 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.8% Average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 66.8 39% 59.5 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 52.7 45% 55.4 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 5.6 5 50 197 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 454 Mixed 415 SusWrite 123 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 28 156% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 31.9 83% 170 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 92%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 905GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 107 109 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 108 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.8 9% 3.9 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 9.7 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 23%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 211 212 208 211 209 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 276GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 93 90 80 83 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 67.9 Write 76 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 82.1 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.4 170% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

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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 $127Bench 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 $295	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