Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	87.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 16:29
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 190 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 482 51% 407 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 92% 113 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 456 284 247 242 233 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 397 Write 459 Mixed 361 SusWrite 318 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 33.1 122% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 236GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 76GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 108 105 101 67 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 457 Write 129 Mixed 130 SusWrite 90.4 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 19.7 108% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 48.1 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 108 108 108 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 97 Write 90 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 109 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus Q87M-E

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	230x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	191x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	137x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	107x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	84x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x

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: 65% - Good

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16