Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 11:15
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 175 78% 130 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 643 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.7 82% 103 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 96.3 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 343 354 392 387 402 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 929 Write 789 Mixed 642 SusWrite 359 152% 680 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 40.2 146% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 416 318% 426 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 332%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 674GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 487 507 543 536 555 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,261 Write 855 Mixed 915 SusWrite 503 197% 884 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.7 200% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1120 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 1,006 699% 887 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 333%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 240GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 204 183 134 144 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 435 Mixed 383 SusWrite 160 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 48.9 168% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 266 225% 327 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 74GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 103 103 104 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 165 Write 146 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 102 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 74GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 85 88 87 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 49 Write 78.3 Mixed 54 SusWrite 83.5 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.4 176% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%

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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 $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 $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