Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	92.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 668 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 59.2 56% 64.8 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 53.3 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 314GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6839 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3554 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2299 (F1) Unknown 99 99 614603771	110% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 487 Mixed 501 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 31.2 153% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 105 146% 269 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7357 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4327 (B1) Unknown 97 97 97 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3080 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14766865575	92.5% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 273 Mixed 345 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26.1 143% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 86.1 124% 232 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84174864 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31635465 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262149 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76309 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 55834574876 (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 -7473243091533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11945432024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 185478690453	98.9% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 158 Mixed 168 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 113%
Patriot Memory 16GB 1,066 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 8GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 120 Write 7.91 Mixed 13.9 38% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 45% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 25.6 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

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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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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