Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% 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 Drive	116% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 21:48
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 243 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 662 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 87.4 84% 99.8 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 96.3 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 153 153 154 153 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 484 Mixed 379 SusWrite 184 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 62.4 223% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 346 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 315 315 314 315 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 394 SusWrite 330 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.4 229% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 352 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 126 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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