Audio

Asus doesn’t represent the Z87 Gryphon to be a high end audio backed motherboard. We don’t see any of the big features that we saw on the Formula V for example. Even so, we still put it to the test to see how it performed both with our audio test as well as subjective testing aka seeing how it sounds through headphones. Surprisingly the Z87 Gryphon didn’t do too bad at all in our testing. In fact considering the fact that MSI had upgraded the onboard audio on the MPower the Gryphon did really well against it. I would love to see the Gryphon have a built in headphone amp though, that is a feature that anyone who games or enjoys a little music at their desk can enjoy.

 

Frequency Response

 

Noise Level

Dynamic range

Total harmonic distortion

Intermodulation distortion

Stereo crosstalk

Intermodulation distortion + noise

Frequency Response

 

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

0.11

-.1

-83.1

83.1

0.13

0.258

-82.8

0.324

0.1

-0.1

Asus Z87 Pro

0.2

-.06

-88.3

88.5

0.132

0.067

-80.1

0.052

0.1

0

Asus Z87 Plus

0.17

-.21

-90.2

90.2

0.253

0.21

-85

0.149

0.1

-0.2

MSI Z87 MPower

0.12

-2

-90.1

89.9

0.0069

0.013

-86.6

0.02

0.1

-0.2

Asus Z87 Gryphon

0.02

-.07

-87.3

87.4

0.147

0.081

-79.8

0.06

0.1

-0.1

 

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #31371 08 Jun 2013 03:18
Before the weekend we have one last Z87 review for you guys. Today I take a look at Asus's new Micro ATX motherboard in their TUF Series of motherboards. Have a great weekend!
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Arxon replied the topic: #31372 08 Jun 2013 03:51
Is the armor metal or plastic. Didn't see it in the review.
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Hasbeen replied the topic: #31374 08 Jun 2013 04:53

Arxon wrote: Is the armor metal or plastic. Didn't see it in the review.


I think the back plate is metal and the front armor is some sorta plastic, but that is based on a newegg review video on youtube I watched earlier this week. It would certainly be nice if that front armor was more than just a fancy plastic shell desiged to channel air to specific locals around the board.
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garfi3ld replied the topic: #31375 08 Jun 2013 05:17
yeah as he said the backplate is metal and the cover is plastic. I have a feeling the board would be to heavy if they were both metal. Not to mention the top shell would be REALLY hard to make out of metal and it would look very basic.
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L0rdG1gabyt3 replied the topic: #31376 08 Jun 2013 05:55
The I/O port covers and RAM slot fillers are a wonderful idea to help keep dist and other stuff out. I had to purchase a few dust covers for my computer.
james.yjh replied the topic: #31402 10 Jun 2013 17:10
Can't seem to find any mention of the TPU or "TurboV Processing Unit" on the ASUS product pages. Also, shouldn't the TPU be an option in the AI suite 3?

www.asus.com/sg/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z87/
www.asus.com/sg/Motherboards/GRYPHON_Z87/

Used the comparison function on the site and still couldn't find anything TPU. What did I miss?

I'm a newbie to overclocking so this is a major deal breaker if it's as you said, there being no TPU for the Gryphon.. :(
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garfi3ld replied the topic: #31404 10 Jun 2013 21:33
There isn't a TPU or any automatic overclocking options on the Gryphon. :(

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