Asus Q87M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q87M-E (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180326
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 13:07
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 547 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.64 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 3%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 99.8 62% 80.2 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 82.6 60% 71.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 204 187 167 145 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 957 Write 783 Mixed 408 SusWrite 223 132% 593 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 41.5 147% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 282 251% 374 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
WD WD10EUCX-63YZ1Y0 1TB 870 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 402GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 110 113 113 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 124 Write 95 Mixed 31 SusWrite 112 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 165 166 165 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 194 Mixed 114 SusWrite 166 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 340% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 369GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 114 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 116 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Surveillance 2TB 729 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 574GB free Firmware: CV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 107 108 106 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 107 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 64%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $490	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