Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.1% 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 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140303
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 16:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 218 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 411 51% 389 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5067 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.59 3% 5.71 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.87 5% 6.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% EVGA(3842 2713) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.34 4% 4.42 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.85 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 434 355 191 188 186 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 450 Mixed 362 SusWrite 293 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.4 140% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 286 228% 317 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 93GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 111 110 111 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 88 Write 87 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 111 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 93GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 92 92 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 92.2 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 570GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 154 154 155 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 152 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 154 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 14 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $46Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $381

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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