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Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Ciara Q87M-EA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q87M-E
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 02:32
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 662 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 625 1,691 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844C) 2GB CLim: 873 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	1.67% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 0.8 2% 1.77 fps	MRender 2.5 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.37 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.67% Great: 2%
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 (97^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.57 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 239 273 278 277 235 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 425 Write 384 Mixed 222 SusWrite 271 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 21.1 88% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 206 189% 293 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 108%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 958 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 22GB free, PID 0331 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 24.8 Write 21.3 Mixed 5 SusWrite 23.3 24% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 71%

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Typical Q87M-EA Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

System: Ciara Q87M-EA

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	11x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	2x
Core i5-4570Intel $65Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	2x

GPU
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x
X400 256GBSanDisk $29Bench 76%, 2,279 samples	2x

RAM
9905471-084.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 53%, 1,260 samples	5x
CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 2x4GBCrucialBench 52%, 3,884 samples	2x
9905471-084.A00LF 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 125 samples	2x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $270

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350