Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150127
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '20 at 02:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 214 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 497 63% 478 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.5 87% 108 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 393 Mixed 378 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3400633AS 400GB-$155 471 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 372GB free Firmware: 3.AAH SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 65 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 38.3 Mixed 47 SusWrite 65.4 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 72.3 Write 49.2 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 69.8 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 42%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 171 167 166 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 25 SusWrite 168 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 463GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 104 101 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 120 Write 73.3 Mixed 70 SusWrite 102 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 24GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	854x
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	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	67x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16