Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 12:55
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 475 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1967 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 80.6 70% 85.4 fps	MRender 86.7 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 71.4 64% 79.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13404 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3199 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 58 37 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 740 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40103492552	90% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 343 Mixed 340 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 25.6 124% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 82 113% 211 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 713GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 157 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 48 8793 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7257 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20998 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 39 266288693282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 33545	72.8% Very good	Read 118 Write 136 Mixed 103 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 649GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10188963 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 89607449 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1586 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 206165246076 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 595 (BE) vendor-specific 60 36 78280797061160 (C2) HDA temperature 40 64 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 13 10188963 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82768314788379 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2206428332 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1759490573	59.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 97.5 Mixed 96.7 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 70%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 0GB free, PID null Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 12.2 Mixed 14.6 21% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 1.05 97% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1302 PSD38G13332 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%

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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
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