Asus GRYPHON Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.43% 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	102% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus GRYPHON Z87 (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '16 at 06:03
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 419 54% 410 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 3011) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 14.3 9% 12.4 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 9.74 8% 9.68 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3222 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 548 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 208 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6078179050	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 350 Mixed 354 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29 165% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 58.2 102% 202 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19868896 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25788520 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3964953481 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 53 757923885 (C2) HDA temperature 45 47 73014444077 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 31 19868896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 119 Write 123 Mixed 112 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.46 100% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 385GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1984 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21579081 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (B4) Unknown 100 100 15266297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 50 808386608 (C2) HDA temperature 48 50 77309411376 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 32 1984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 115 Write 122 Mixed 100 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.43 96% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 95GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 182 7116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2779 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2779 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	28% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 45.8 Mixed 44.8 36% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-022.A00LF 9905471-022.A00LF 99U5403-193.A00LF Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6D1 24GB 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.1% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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