Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '22 at 00:38
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 350 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 54.3 49% 58.4 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 55 Splatting 48.4 46% 56.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 356 Mixed 36.7 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.2 156% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 196 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 238GB free Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 416 438 445 446 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 458 Mixed 425 SusWrite 413 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 55.2 190% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 257 202% 275 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Seagate Portable 4TB 2,509 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 70 70 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 59.7 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 68.1 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.5 151% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 179GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 73 73 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 118 Write 89.7 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 73.6 120% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 1.1 475% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 0.6 370% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

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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