Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% 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 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% 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	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130627
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '24 at 20:50
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 486 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.9 80% 103 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 99 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 111 104 85 89 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 460 Write 334 Mixed 225 SusWrite 104 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 28.6 106% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 219 186% 272 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 51 Write 44.2 Mixed 42.3 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 59%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 0GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 38.1 Write 44 Mixed 25.4 27% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 63%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 657GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 104 102 102 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 96.7 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 101 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 101%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 336GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 118 118 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 116 148% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

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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	69	57	60	27.9"	1280 720	ACI28A7 ASUS MG28U

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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 $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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16