Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.2% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 03:20
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 730 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04A8) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.5% Average	Lighting 57.8 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 75.6 47% 65 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 54.6 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3764348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -114100101181028 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 76 47249621017 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3764348 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3764348 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3764348 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2419 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3003 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3003 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2702	72.8% Very good	Read 514 Write 134 Mixed 214 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 15.4 142% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 14.2 31% 60 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1965 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 782 (AB) Unknown 100 100 76364624 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 90 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6381 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4858 (F9) Unknown 100 100 256468387	90.2% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 410 Mixed 430 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 27.2 145% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 18 32% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 101%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8497 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 445 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 153 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209805856 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 444 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 574 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 392GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180057233 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 43010484785 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4039 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885098511 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 22 180057233 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104578158709362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3088206953 (F2) Unknown 100 253 948985058	51.8% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 83.1 Mixed 90 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.56 111% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 69%

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Gaming 42%

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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	245x
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 $46

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