Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 03:48
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 256 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 666 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 84.5 56% 73.9 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 55.4 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 53%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.9 41% 46.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 49GB free Firmware: O120 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 275 274 271 274 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 285 Mixed 186 SusWrite 274 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 13.6 110% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 71 95% 170 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 382 318 312 324 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 460 Mixed 376 SusWrite 343 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 72.4 253% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 351 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 71 71 74 75 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 71 Write 42.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 73.6 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 88%
WD WD2003FZEX-00SRL 2TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 14GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 126 131 137 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 81 SusWrite 139 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 110%
Asmt 2115 750GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 199GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 54 54 53 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 60.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 53.6 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 6GB free Firmware: 4003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 52 52 52 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 52.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 51.7 36% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 92%

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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	854x
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	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	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	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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