Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 13:16
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 382 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3103) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 19.8 19% 19.4 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 20 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 322 359 367 371 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 407 Write 239 Mixed 271 SusWrite 348 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 24.2 130% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 137 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 554GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 225 232 231 230 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 60.1 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 229 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.1 238% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 22 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	149x
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
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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