Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	222% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 04:31
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 691 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04B8) CLim: 1224 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 28.9 20% 27.9 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 23 Splatting 33.3 24% 28.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,872 Write 1,035 Mixed 1,157 299% 1,355 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 52.5 213% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 216 219% 357 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 247%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9750 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1104 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0
Poor: 58% Great: 107%
WD WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8735 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1677 (0A) Spinup retry count 126 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 604 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1564 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749675562 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 611 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 556 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 171 Mixed 160 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 2.22 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.3 165% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 3,098 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	850x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	246x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	205x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16