Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.1% 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	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 163 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 238 30% 229 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus Radeon RX 580 3,114 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0517) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.1% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 53.4 38% 48.5 fps	MRender 17.3 Gravity 44.8 Splatting 42.8 30% 35 fps
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 40 34 50 40 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 368 Write 360 Mixed 246 SusWrite 49.3 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 35.5 128% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 180 183% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 589GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 176 170 173 174 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 173 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $177	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