Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 00:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 198 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 342 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 185 Parallax 169 132% 172 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 175 Splatting 118 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 202 192 192 188 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 438 Mixed 351 SusWrite 202 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 51.2 174% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
ST8000DM004-2CX188 240GB 131GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 293 337 362 379 372 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 462 Write 418 Mixed 399 SusWrite 331 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 52.6 175% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 132 162% 286 MB/s

PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 125GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 251 273 276 277 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 359 Write 279 Mixed 252 SusWrite 264 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 34 130% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 175 159% 241 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$135 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 161 165 167 167 165 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 86.5 Write 156 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 163 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 233% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 90%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB 1,259 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 4.4 18% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.3 150% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 63%

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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	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 $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) $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