Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	68.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 01:56
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	VEN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 575 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 272 Parallax 175 136% 205 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BA100G3T 100GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5DV1DL05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 176 179 181 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 233 Write 206 Mixed 189 SusWrite 177 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 34.9 131% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 175 130% 172 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 52GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 197 201 204 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 404 Write 450 Mixed 391 SusWrite 199 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 41 148% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 189 165% 243 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 48GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 67 67 68 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 125 Write 98.9 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 68.1 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 77%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 72GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 105 99 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 86 Write 84.7 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 103 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 15GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 84 83 84 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 80.3 Write 85.7 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 86.5 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	206x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16