Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	98.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	16.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 21:21
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 212 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 502 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 107 Reflection 151 Parallax 145 87% 134 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE960GB 960GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 602GB free Firmware: 3B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 227 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12980 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20732 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14528	89% Excellent	Read 505 Write 401 Mixed 455 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27.2 112% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 72.7 99% 178 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 95%
ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 507GB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 7318352 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44228762 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 722927647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153474 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 7318352 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -123652108433055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12427629369 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5456087674	8.28% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 84.4 Mixed 53.4 12% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 0.36 8% 4.02 MB/s	DQ Read 3.04 DQ Write 1.18 DQ Mixed 0.46 1% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 19%
OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB-$300 523 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18642 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2220 (AB) Unknown 100 100 161663312 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 102 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16458 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6174 (F9) Unknown 100 100 706461844	98.7% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 472 Mixed 484 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.7 132% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 79.3 104% 188 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4.5TB free Firmware: FS2A Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 616GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 216967672 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 38809548708 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 773259295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71467 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 216967672 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9526237453232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29912827736 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35394495232	46.9% Average	Read 84.4 Write 76.6 Mixed 80 61% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 7.83 4K Mixed 0.54 249% 3.15 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 394GB free Firmware: 51.0 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 80.3 Write 107 Mixed 78.3 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 221GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2375 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1982 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 143 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.38 122% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 97GB free, PID a838, Lexar 128GB JumpDrive S75 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 123 Write 8.81 Mixed 56.8 62% 63 MB/s	4K Read 2.71 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.5 46% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

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 $295	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