Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.4% 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 Drive	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 20:30
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 661 73% 574 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 103 Parallax 80.5 85% 96.1 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 295 310 363 370 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 131 Mixed 252 SusWrite 333 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 41 150% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 233 196% 285 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 86GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 118 117 141 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 439 Write 151 Mixed 195 SusWrite 133 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 40.1 155% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 121 105% 156 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 729GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 76 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 95.8 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 74 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 189 188 188 186 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 168 Mixed 74 SusWrite 186 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 96%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 772GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 37.3 Mixed 17 SusWrite 38.7 43% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 16% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1866 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1866 16GB 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns

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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	849x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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