Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 23 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 89.3
1-Core 112
2-Core 220
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 414
52% 398 Pts
64-Core 415
26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB; VCGGTX1080T11PB-CG2
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 187
Parallax 193
112% 173 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 171
Splatting 112
108% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S240G 1TB
307GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
125% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 487
Mixed 494
110% 494 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 58.3
197% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 155
161% 265 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 125%
Great: 125%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 707
Write 526
Mixed 558
133% 597 MB/s
4K Read 48.9
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 40.4
171% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 130
144% 245 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 125%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.8% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.7
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 14.1
42% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 51.8%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,478 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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HDDRAMUSB
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