Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 02:42
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 581 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3287) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 167 Parallax 172 148% 174 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 156 Splatting 109 121% 154 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 106 106 115 106 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 394 Write 183 Mixed 212 SusWrite 112 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 126 128% 208 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 21GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 470 Mixed 395 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.8 201% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 140GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 98 98 93 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 99 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 96.1 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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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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Typical GRYPHON Z87 Builds (Compare 650 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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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 $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