Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 22:52
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 666 73% 580 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 292 303 303 303 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 425 SusWrite 307 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 60.6 191% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 106 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%
Jmicron Tech 1TB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 158GB free Firmware: 0407 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 60 58 59 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 58 Mixed 52 SusWrite 57.8 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 25.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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