Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 28 '18 at 13:52
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 123
2-Core 222
85% 147 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 684
67% 550 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 146
Parallax 127
110% 136 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 127
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1763C121S488 240GB
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS111101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 103 126 151 157 155 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Read 299
Write 207
Mixed 214
SusWrite 135
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 45.4
162% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 171
126% 165 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
627GB free
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 156 153 154 156 153 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
66.5% Good
Read 82.7
Write 71
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 149
64% 88 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
71.1% Very good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 25.3
MC Mixed 22.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 22.1
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 51.9
77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,481 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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