Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 97.2
1-Core 122
2-Core 228
86% 149 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 646
64% 521 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 123
Parallax 117
101% 121 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 108
Splatting 109
87% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 141 141 133 119 152 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Read 318
Write 212
Mixed 246
SusWrite 141
51% 229 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 99.1
4K Mixed 39.3
145% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 33.8
68% 136 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 85%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
167GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 328 328 328 329 328 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
285% Outstanding
Read 2,473
Write 1,470
Mixed 1,396
SusWrite 380
316% 1,430 MB/s
4K Read 72.6
4K Write 236
4K Mixed 102
365% 137 MB/s
DQ Read 976
DQ Write 1,262
DQ Mixed 1,010
793% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 285%
Great: 280%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50
168GB free
Firmware: AX001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 88 88 88 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
51.7% Above average
Read 91.9
Write 90.7
Mixed 32.2
SusWrite 88.2
55% 75.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
60GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 83 60 51 70 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
43.4% Average
Read 78
Write 75.9
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 72.8
50% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 26.3
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 26.5
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 49.4
81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,471 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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