Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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	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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 19:38
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 714 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% PowerColor(148C 2357) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 91.6 65% 79.1 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 82.3 59% 70.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 358GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24859 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2324 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 53 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18539838136	94.9% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 339 Mixed 353 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 27.6 139% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 99.4 129% 236 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 125%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 906 Write 949 Mixed 891 205% 916 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 22.4 112% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 21.1 31% 56.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 40.5 Mixed 36.4 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2135 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

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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	149x
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
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	37x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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