Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 13:49
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 171 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 316 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.5 85% 104 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 309 308 309 307 309 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 439 Mixed 350 SusWrite 320 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 31 133% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 348 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 87GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 342 312 311 312 312 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 369 Mixed 414 SusWrite 327 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 47.8 153% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.9% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Q87M-E

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	186x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	106x

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 $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	44x
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

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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