Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	181% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '24 at 17:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 622 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 8854) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.34 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 92.2 83% 97.7 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 92 Splatting 77.5 76% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 676 718 744 750 722 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,251 Write 1,144 Mixed 1,163 SusWrite 676 238% 1,058 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 67.4 214% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 514 384% 515 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 488%
WDC WD1001FALS-41Y6A0 500GB 170GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 281 285 287 284 282 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 430 SusWrite 268 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 50.9 165% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s

Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 751GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 116 110 108 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 131 Write 92.2 Mixed 44.1 SusWrite 108 68% 94 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	214	57	60	29.8"	1280 720	APP9221 Cinema HD

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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 $76Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16