Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive152% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 11 '18 at 09:00
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 132
2-Core 259
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 694
68% 558 Pts
64-Core 691
43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 119
Parallax 100
90% 110 fps
MRender 99.6
Gravity 103
Splatting 103
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
323GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 555 577 553 562 579 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 634
Write 546
Mixed 467
SusWrite 563
124% 553 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 60.1
194% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 640
DQ Mixed 869
607% 762 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 152%
Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139
566GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 425 423 412 414 419 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 477
Write 446
Mixed 432
SusWrite 419
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 57.3
184% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 119%
Great: 133%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114
2.5TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 167 168 169 170 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 155
Mixed 71
SusWrite 168
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 2133 CL11 Series 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 2133 CL11 Series 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
73.3% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 22.6
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 22.7
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 53.7
74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,480 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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