Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% 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	111% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 12:48
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 655 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 69 Parallax 60.3 50% 63.4 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 55 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6276 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 727 (B1) Unknown 98 98 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14127992471	111% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 406 Mixed 455 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43 168% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 149 159% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 642GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 790 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9387 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13749 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13057 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2948 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197568561178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 130 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 33502	75.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 138 Mixed 107 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.62 154% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 75%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 125GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 159 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9624 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 89276 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.7% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 87.6 Mixed 86.5 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 33GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 133 5325 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18030 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 29 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5505 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18047 (C2) HDA temperature 118 1 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.3% Poor	Read 49 Write 53 Mixed 63.2 42% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 57GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 70.6 Write 41.1 Mixed 61.3 70% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.15 29% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	849x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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