Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 02:02
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 161 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 434 47% 371 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 6.28 3% 5.58 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.52 5% 6.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$50 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 190 194 188 195 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 362 Write 281 Mixed 182 SusWrite 190 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 16.3 65% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 67.1 61% 95 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 119GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 43 42 43 42 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 44 Write 44.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 42.3 30% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 34%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 684GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 174 173 171 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 162 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 170 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 74GB free Firmware: 21.02E23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 40 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 72 Write 65.7 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 41.7 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-435.A00LF Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 1324 F6451U67G1600G 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 50%

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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%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus Q87M-E

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	229x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	186x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	136x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	104x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	82x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 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: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16