Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '22 at 23:41
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 596 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.10.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 105 Parallax 141 74% 112 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 106 Splatting 75 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 422 430 438 436 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 340 Write 424 Mixed 365 SusWrite 429 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 49.6 163% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 149 168% 286 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%
SSD 480GB 480GB 2,159 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 432GB free Firmware: FW200713 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 39 15 29 43 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 456 Write 175 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 29.2 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 3.1 63% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 155 154 155 156 158 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 156 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.5 441% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 141 142 136 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 102 Write 123 Mixed 39 SusWrite 137 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.7 358% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16