Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.4% 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 Drive143% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 05 '19 at 00:49
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 109
2-Core 217
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 413
55% 412 Pts
64-Core 383
24% 383 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 116
Parallax 112
90% 113 fps
MRender 99.3
Gravity 104
Splatting 106
85% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45
353GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 637 598 604 605 605 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 650
Write 575
Mixed 663
SusWrite 597
140% 621 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 39
168% 61.7 MB/s
DQ Read 776
DQ Write 599
DQ Mixed 726
533% 700 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 143%
Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 208 202 199 215 217 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 179
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 205
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 102%
Great: 106%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23
466GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 107 109 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.9% Good
Read 105
Write 97
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 107
69% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
62.1% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 19.7
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 19.5
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,469 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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