Ciara Q87M-EA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	86.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Ciara Q87M-EA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q87M-E
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140612
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 22:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Memory 68 1-Core 29.3 2-Core 51.4 35% 49.6 Pts	4-Core 60 8-Core 63.1 8% 61.5 Pts	64-Core 48 3% 48 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 90% 112 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.1 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 1TB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: CE03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 27 28 36 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 101 Write 88.2 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 44.1 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 59 127 126 126 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.9 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 101 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 89%
Multi-Reader -1 8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 8.9 8.6 8.1 8.9 8.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 4 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 8.3 10% 8.27 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 44% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 86GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 41 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 40.8 49% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D3-55DK114SV-11 4x2GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 4.2 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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System: Ciara Q87M-EA

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	9x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	2x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x
X400 256GBSanDisk $29Bench 76%, 2,279 samples	2x
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	1x

RAM
9905471-084.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,260 samples	5x
CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 2x4GBCrucialBench 52%, 3,884 samples	2x
9905471-084.A00LF 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 125 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16