Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 440 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 79.1 57% 70.4 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 77.8 54% 64.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mtfddak2 56MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free Firmware: M5T4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15693 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 96 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 154 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1327156035723 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 51 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 201864511520 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864511520 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 113492254 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 400 Mixed 427 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 39.3 169% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 64.9 118% 235 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19070 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 96 96 84 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 320070757158	114% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 382 Mixed 410 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 48.4 188% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 114 135% 237 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 417GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 102 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790579007 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 59013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 601 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14507 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14507 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 223339348001 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	49.5% Average	Read 78.4 Write 94 Mixed 66.5 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	850x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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