Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 00:33
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 242 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 363 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 117% 146 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 135 Splatting 115 97% 118 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 330 343 306 309 292 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 408 Write 315 Mixed 320 SusWrite 322 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 21.6 112% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 137 140% 226 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 105%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 73GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 87 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 90 Write 90 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 87.8 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 230GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 64.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 97.9 47% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 63%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 463GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 132 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 113 Write 123 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 132 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 65%

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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	849x
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