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Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Northern_micro P8Q87-AS (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q87M-E
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 21:35
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$42 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 408 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 78.7 63% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 64 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 57 71 91 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 506 Write 451 Mixed 364 SusWrite 95.1 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 10.8 106% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 40 108% 228 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$53 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 146 145 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 139 Mixed 72 SusWrite 145 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA MK8032GAX 80GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 50GB free, PID 6204 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 8.5 9.4 8.4 7.9 9.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.22% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 9 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 8.8 17% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.22% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 58%

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Typical P8Q87-AS Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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System: Northern_micro P8Q87-AS

CPU
Core i5-4670Intel $42Bench 66%, 49,019 samples	9x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	6x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	3x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	3x

SSD
Ultra II 250GBSandiskBench 82%, 595 samples	4x
MZ7LM960HCHP-00003 960GBSamsungBench 101%, 185 samples	3x
SSDNow V Series 256GBKingstonBench 41%, 54 samples	1x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GBMicronBench 58%, 1,895 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	1x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $172

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $70
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350