Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.2% 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	91.9% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '16 at 07:41
Run Duration	348 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 624 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 59.9 53% 64.4 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 57.2 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 421 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 135 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1624447546	91.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 387 Mixed 371 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 25.1 140% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 21.9 58% 114 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 124%
Mac550 240GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 155GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3649772 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -77670188578077 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1033 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 104 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 49 64427720738 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 64427720738 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3649772 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3649772 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3649772 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7980 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6596 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6596 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7289	62.2% Good	Read 489 Write 166 Mixed 231 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 13.9 102% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 10.1 25% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 90%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 398GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 148 148 25788219628 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2996 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5945 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5945 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 219044315163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.9% Average	Read 86.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 86.2 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.45 109% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 51%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	9.21% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 3.93 Mixed 6.43 10% 9.63 MB/s	4K Read 4.85 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 1.5 119% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.21% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 61%

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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	856x
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	81x

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	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16