Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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. 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131128
Uptime	16.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '23 at 14:13
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 86 2-Core 167 65% 111 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 470 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 77.1 61% 79.4 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 68.4 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 164 172 181 154 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 331 Write 174 Mixed 200 SusWrite 171 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 25 83% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 148 123% 181 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 114GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 76 71 72 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 82.6 Write 63.7 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 73.3 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 99U5471-036.A00LF 16GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 52: 0P 5R 8G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
52%	20%	81	213	59	144	23.5"	1920 1080	VSC36AF VX2458 Series

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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	230x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	187x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	137x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	104x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	82x

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	30x

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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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