Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 453 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E3) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 55.9 38% 51.7 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 37.2 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19595711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 18210661339532 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 34 77311639578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 34 77311639578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19595711 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19595711 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19595711 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 30064771073 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1264 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1652 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1652 (F2) Unknown 0 0 934 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3211302	71.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 185 Mixed 239 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 17.1 109% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 46.7 72% 133 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 634GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140219776 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6499223 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 66 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19466 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 122870424410074 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1895739269 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13811108663	74.5% Very good	Read 105 Write 154 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 1.02 246% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%
Multiple Card Reader 64GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 60GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 19.8 Write 14.2 Mixed 18.5 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.79 84% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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