Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 648 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 74.7 67% 80 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 65.5 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 136 9183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (10) Unknown 7 193 130869391413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7110 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 175 Mixed 162 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 806GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 119 Write 89.9 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 640GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 459GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 102 Write 112 Mixed 92.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.52 138% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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