Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 01:40
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 249 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 658 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.1 79% 98.3 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 82.2 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 346 95 93 95 93 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 440 Write 353 Mixed 298 SusWrite 181 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 32.4 126% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 190 171% 256 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 573GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 76 77 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 83 Write 48 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 71.8 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 67%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 394GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 116 117 121 119 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 82 Write 86.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 119 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 74%
JetFlash Transcend 4GB 5,016 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 6.1 6 6 6.3 6.2 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Read 20 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6 9% 8.43 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 8%
Multi Flash Reader 2GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6331 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Read 13 Write 7.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 7.5 10% 8.38 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.9 103% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16