Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 20:01
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 442 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 44.5 28% 36.4 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 35.6 25% 30.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1433 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 571 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3473116982	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 414 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 46.6 175% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 118 147% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4350 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4317 (C2) HDA temperature 126 112 24 (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	67.7% Good	Read 156 Write 80.4 Mixed 96.4 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 425GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109145975 (03) Spinup time 92 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12775717 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1869 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 75 44 17735090201 (C2) HDA temperature 25 56 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 27 109145975 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 80.1 Mixed 79.4 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.44 102% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 63%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Q87M-E Builds (Compare 1,213 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Q87M-E

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	228x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	186x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	108x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	104x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	82x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	49x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	14x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $389

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 $45	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