Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.3% 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	85% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 04:11
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 181 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 444 48% 382 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 104 Parallax 89.5 85% 99.3 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 95.7 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 215 290 310 302 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 355 Write 342 Mixed 296 SusWrite 267 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 38.8 128% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 332 248% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 191GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 213 275 293 286 269 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 311 Write 292 Mixed 291 SusWrite 258 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 25.5 89% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 305 229% 306 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 533GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 126 125 127 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 124 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 105%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 79GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 159 160 161 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 159 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 65%

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

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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

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $389

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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