Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	93.4% 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	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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 17:24
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 582 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

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: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 458 294 250 249 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 470 Mixed 379 SusWrite 325 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 38.6 138% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 717GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 524GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 75 118 76 84 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 495 Write 120 Mixed 182 SusWrite 98.5 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 13.3 90% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 6.6 37% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 114 111 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 113 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

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

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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	230x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	187x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	112x

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	83x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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