Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 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 07 '22 at 00:17
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 608 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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 (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.3% Good	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 119 59% 98.8 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 93 Splatting 74.6 69% 85.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 415 427 441 437 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 407 Mixed 362 SusWrite 427 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 49.6 165% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 149 167% 283 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%
SSD 480GB 480GB 2,159 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 432GB free Firmware: FW200713 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 124 55 5.3 6.9 7.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 437 Write 222 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 37 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 3 64% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 154 153 155 156 158 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 123 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 156 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.7 457% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$108 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 159 163 170 172 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 97.4 Write 136 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 166 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.8 416% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 73%

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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