Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33% 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	116% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 05:35
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 227 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 667 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 39.8 40% 44.4 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 25 19% 22.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 86 64 76 78 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 274 Mixed 372 SusWrite 119 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67.6 233% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 693GB free Firmware: SC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 151 143 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 140 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 148 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 131 134 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75% Very good	Read 130 Write 88.6 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 132 70% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 96%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 25GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 41 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 43.4 Write 40 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 43.1 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 7.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 188 188 192 193 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 151 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 188 180% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.9 232% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 36.4 Mixed 13.2 23% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $179	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