Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.8% 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	110% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 08:45
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 706 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1616 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.8% Below average	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 84.3 27% 68.4 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 69 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 226 224 221 217 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 456 Mixed 394 SusWrite 244 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.2 190% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 78GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 351 374 354 376 375 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 374 Mixed 287 SusWrite 366 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 37.4 148% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 249 209% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 254GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,399 Write 6,192 Mixed 6236 1,472% 6,609 MB/s	4K Read 547 4K Write 324 4K Mixed 387 1,496% 419 MB/s	DQ Read 1,234 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 1,013 775% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 72%

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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	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 $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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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