Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21% 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	88.6% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 465 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1583) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3150 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21% Poor	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 80.5 3% 55 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 64 56% 69 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 512GB SSD 512GB 10,530 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 378 423 428 428 435 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 444 Write 412 Mixed 353 SusWrite 404 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 22.7 125% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 31.5 74% 152 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 313%
Hitachi HDT721016SLA380 160GB-$38 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 75GB free Firmware: ST1OA39A SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 83.1 Write 38.6 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 81.6 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 0467 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

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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	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 $269	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 $40	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