Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive14.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 01 '22 at 20:26
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3-$300
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
65.4% Good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 92.6
2-Core 167
67% 114 Pts
4-Core 261
8-Core 593
49% 427 Pts
64-Core 441
27% 441 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480
MSI(1462 3980) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.6.1
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
127% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 136
Parallax 294
117% 191 fps
MRender 246
Gravity 151
Splatting 206
164% 201 fps
Poor: 113%
This bench: 127%
Great: 129%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF480A5 480GB
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: TG21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 108 93 97 106 58 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
14.3% Very poor
Read 94.2
Write 143
Mixed 122
SusWrite 85.8
25% 111 MB/s
4K Read 6.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 4.9
17% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 14.3%
Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 192 196 195 196 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 78.8
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 195
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 106%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown LIFETIMEMEMORY.COM 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
30.1% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 9.9
MC Mixed 8.6
28% 9.7 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 10
26% 9.13 GB/s
Latency 76.2
52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 30.1%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,475 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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