Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	129% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 19:36
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 637 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

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: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 197 Parallax 201 153% 195 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 185 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 349 374 386 388 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 474 Mixed 447 SusWrite 359 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 70.5 230% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 256 212% 302 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 214GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 360 385 397 398 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 490 Mixed 379 SusWrite 368 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 50 188% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 345 264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Kingston SUV500240G 240GB 13,649 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 153GB free Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 109 133 111 110 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 452 Mixed 367 SusWrite 134 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.6 179% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 172 156% 238 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 89%
WD Green 750GB (2012) 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 637GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%
WD Green 750GB (2012) 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 666GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 104 SusWrite 115 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 1TB 1,056 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 483GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 99 99 97 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 98 Write 66.3 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 97 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 73%

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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	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
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	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16