Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '21 at 06:55
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 66.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 73% 134 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 584 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 21.1 13% 18.6 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 12.1 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 260 258 257 254 250 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 440 Mixed 402 SusWrite 265 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 47.2 158% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 344 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 712GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 114 114 114 116 114 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 121 Write 73.7 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 113 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 84%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 16GB 1,640 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 13 14 14 14 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 123 Write 41.5 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 13.1 54% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.7 129% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 80%

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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: 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	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0D1A S22F350

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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 $90Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16