Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 10:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 714 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 147 Parallax 128 119% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 107 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 477GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 484 Mixed 482 123% 555 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 19.7 121% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 46.4 55% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 155%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1977 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A5) Unknown 100 100 260105 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 66 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 44 300648693804 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 220 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 432 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8580971028 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4767398830	44.4% Average	Read 447 Write 257 Mixed 262 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 5.64 36% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 5.73 6% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 689GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185596640 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4765286 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15335 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 55834574882 (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 86187108729794 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7462642315 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3142905618	93.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 154 Mixed 157 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

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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	852x
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	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	66x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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