Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 08:18
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 608 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1432 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20% Poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 26.2 Parallax 21.2 18% 23.3 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 29.6 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 452GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 655 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 77 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 59 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2549154893	106% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 415 Mixed 429 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 27.7 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 129 151% 262 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6338 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1034 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 349 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786464 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8955	75.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 351 Mixed 352 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 9.67 100% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 47.2 58% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 199GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19836627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 47605417515372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1093 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 36 64426868770 (C2) HDA temperature 34 36 64426868770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19836627 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19836627 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19836627 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94489280512 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27175 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28628 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28628 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34521 (F4) Unknown 99 99 6619188	62.8% Good	Read 502 Write 251 Mixed 313 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 14.8 71% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 59.6 66% 116 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 23.6 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 84%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	856x
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	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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	67x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16