Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 23:37
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 737 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 78.6 65% 79.1 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 75 Splatting 77.2 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 830 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 251 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295688800 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 78 370343958 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 251 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20591 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 100 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20591 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17996	112% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 482 Mixed 492 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 36.3 165% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 138 149% 249 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1201 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 352 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295688808 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 80 336658452 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 352 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 58743 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 100 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 58743 (F2) Unknown 100 100 86867	111% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 486 Mixed 478 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 34.3 162% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 131 140% 232 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 549 Mixed 551 135% 608 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 22.3 179% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 59.5 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 28.3 41% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 254%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 60GB free, PID 0095 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 214 Write 31.7 Mixed 32.3 81% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.95 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.22 40% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

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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	851x
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	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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