Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 22:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 507 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% PNY(196E 100A) 3GB CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 88 57% 75.2 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 51.7 55% 69.6 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 320ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 17206784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 43035572335801 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1942 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 381 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 80 34364981286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17206784 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17206784 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17206784 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23506 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20813 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20813 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23222	72.5% Very good	Read 520 Write 187 Mixed 303 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 13.8 129% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 14.6 31% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195142816 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8659747496 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 538705949 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 600 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3411 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -66748086728071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27137030836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43333256564	99.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 167 Mixed 167 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 71%

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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	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) $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