Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '16 at 00:26
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 712 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 34 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 37.6 28% 34 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 33.8 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223693672 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 683 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 52 25774407320 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197001 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 39 3668356235286 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4527 (C2) HDA temperature 22 61 68719476758 (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 120323508797932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20411748892 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34994927045	76.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 124 Mixed 90.6 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 7.88 4K Mixed 0.62 242% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 952GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 229 170 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 708 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33778 (C2) HDA temperature 128 102 22 (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 1 326003 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.13 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 602GB free Firmware: 04.01G01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 223 10650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 178 (C2) HDA temperature 126 103 26 (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	44% Average	Read 78.5 Write 74.3 Mixed 70.1 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.46 127% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 63%
WD WD8088AADS-00M2B0 809GB 695 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 180GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 107 6916 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6193 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2672 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50144 (C2) HDA temperature 124 96 23 (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 2789 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.2% Above average	Read 82.4 Write 99.2 Mixed 96.7 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 151 3266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3210 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 825 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3495 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 29 (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 1805200 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 81.4 Mixed 81 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.33 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

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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	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