Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	131% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '16 at 21:33
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 138 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 625 66% 525 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 159 Parallax 146 119% 150 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 970 Write 753 Mixed 851 191% 858 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 33.1 144% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 22.6 31% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 332%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94087896 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 17055 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 319 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130287832924092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 93711975 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90078670	111% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 184 Mixed 173 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
KINGSTON SV200S3128G 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 32GB free, PID 6388 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 158 Mixed 198 241% 194 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 9.98 1,281% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 10.2 1,287% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 196%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 4x8GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

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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 $300	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