Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 15:02
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 192 63% 112 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 308 36% 281 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0521) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 89.8 52% 72.4 fps	MRender 57.8 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 43.4 44% 55.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 91 82 118 111 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 135 Mixed 83 SusWrite 103 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 83%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 268GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 101 101 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 60 SusWrite 102 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

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 way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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