Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	22.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 15:39
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 646 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 145 Parallax 145 120% 146 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 128 Splatting 113 111% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 453 Write 390 Mixed 283 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 38.6 162% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 311 237% 320 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 106%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 498GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 360 451 461 458 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 464 Mixed 452 SusWrite 408 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.3 211% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 8GB free Firmware: V56OA73A SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 13 11 29 10 6.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 47.2 Write 26.4 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 16.1 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

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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%

Jet ski

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