Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 05:29
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 694 77% 607 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5854 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 438915666	102% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 505 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 35.7 123% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 163 162% 259 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8379038 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 50852412796448 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1192 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 49 77312622622 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 77312622622 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8379038 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8379038 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8379038 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37447 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13761 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13761 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5721	34.3% Below average	Read 335 Write 104 Mixed 130 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 7.41 47% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 17.3 15% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 965GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128493904 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31980767 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1674 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77233 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 67293547598608 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28999913179 (F2) Unknown 100 253 531367482593	87% Excellent	Read 171 Write 132 Mixed 134 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 759GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 151261320 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6977448 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3373 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 -135682311845113 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3363321697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196170401441	69.6% Good	Read 95.1 Write 146 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.77 212% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 39 Write 36.1 Mixed 33.7 46% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 53%
ST3000DM 001-1ER166 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 509GB free, PID 1351 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.2% Good	Read 157 Write 146 Mixed 121 178% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V01D3LF8GB52852816 4x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	861x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	250x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16