Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% 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	218% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '16 at 03:09
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 591 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 87.5 58% 73.9 fps	MRender 62.7 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 79.3 56% 66.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 939 Mixed 1,316 314% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 49.7 229% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 109 126% 211 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 230%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 136 Mixed 129 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 3.36 4K Mixed 0.53 187% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 293%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 469GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 80 Write 66.9 Mixed 68.8 90% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 48%
Lexar JumpDrive 256GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 111GB free, PID a20a, Lexar Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 211 Write 74 Mixed 105 142% 130 MB/s	4K Read 5.41 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x8GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 81%

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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	850x
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 $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 $179	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