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 above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	93.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 02:03
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 452 57% 433 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3368 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 796 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16972026974	93.5% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 26.1 146% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 25.9 43% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229879912 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19017618 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (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 71 62 504758301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23686 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -63896228461414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19250481788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 269304045390	108% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 181 Mixed 171 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 268GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.5 Mixed 59.5 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.39 77% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 71%

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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