Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	74.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 434 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 88 55% 72.3 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 78.6 54% 64.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 291GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 100 100 224 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 628 (94) Unknown 100 100 39111 (95) Unknown 100 100 595 (96) Unknown 100 100 406 (97) Unknown 100 100 551 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17084 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36430485323803 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103343 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59869 (F5) Unknown 100 100 201804 (F6) Unknown 100 100 156444 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	69.4% Good	Read 499 Write 364 Mixed 399 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 22.9 81% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 70.2 DQ Mixed 17.8 22% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2087 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 496 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7326906755	74.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 403 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 21.3 90% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 122 77% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $274	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 $183	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