Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJul 15 '17 at 04:07
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 24%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 571
60% 481 Pts
64-Core 601
37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 113
Parallax 105
91% 110 fps
MRender 97.9
Gravity 103
Splatting 101
82% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60
493GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 92%
WD Blue 400GB (2007)-$42
182GB free
Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
29% Poor
Read 54
Write 46.6
Mixed 48.6
38% 49.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 1.93
4K Mixed 0.31
92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 29%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 992084 (997084) 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.3% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 25.7
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 19
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 75%

 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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