Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 12:54
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 225 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 430 62% 453 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1577 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 90 Parallax 79.8 70% 85.2 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 71.7 64% 80 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7645 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1870 (B1) Unknown 94 94 64 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 37 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 278 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30217399690	88.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 334 Mixed 352 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 24.4 125% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 82.7 110% 203 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 944GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99024933 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66364202 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 258 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 206165246074 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 551 (BE) vendor-specific 53 36 78044641099823 (C2) HDA temperature 47 64 55834574895 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 13 99024933 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12794707553232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 636014763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2544653981	50% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 86.9 Mixed 78.4 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 894GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 157 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 69 8696 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5291 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15918 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3999 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 107 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 39 266288693292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5335	69.4% Good	Read 117 Write 124 Mixed 130 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.62 144% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1302 PSD38G13332 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16