Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 13:08
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 477 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2850 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 199 Parallax 190 154% 193 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 197 Splatting 132 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,020 Write 6,466 Mixed 6,518 1,489% 6,668 MB/s	4K Read 570 4K Write 272 4K Mixed 314 1,411% 385 MB/s	DQ Read 1,807 DQ Write 1,558 DQ Mixed 1,685 1,262% 1,683 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 203GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 168 106 106 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 452 Mixed 372 SusWrite 171 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 41.8 160% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 218 191% 284 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 540GB free Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1454 1176 1160 1172 1172 1157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	963% Outstanding	Read 6,897 Write 6,047 Mixed 6,598 SusWrite 1,215 1,161% 5,189 MB/s	4K Read 542 4K Write 490 4K Mixed 509 1,733% 514 MB/s	DQ Read 1,762 DQ Write 1,603 DQ Mixed 1,654 1,248% 1,673 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 963% Great: 370%
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 99GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 80 80 80 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 25.6 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 79.1 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 44%
Maxtor 6B200M0 204GB-$81 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 101GB free Firmware: BANC1B70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 56 Write 58.9 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 33.1 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 15.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 64%

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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
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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