Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 697 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 211 Parallax 194 159% 200 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 186 Splatting 134 123% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 346GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 996 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 41 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 429 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22985755035	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 408 Mixed 421 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 51.3 184% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 131 143% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9941 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3670 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 443 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 734 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1092594 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1348011 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 596477 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1092594 (F2) Unknown 100 100 858219	47.5% Average	Read 258 Write 163 Mixed 185 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 17.6 75% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 29.5 41% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 51%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 195 189 9225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 488 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25899 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (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	97.7% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 149 Mixed 145 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 97%
WD WD10EZEX-08RKKA0 2TB 648GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 4550 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4914 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3746 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 582 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146759 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 37 (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	76.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 113 Mixed 107 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.15 88% 1.03 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1741 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1187 (C2) HDA temperature 103 93 40 (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	92.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 143 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.27 112% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 80.3 121% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 26 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

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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	851x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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