Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	147% 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	302% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 16:19
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 278 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 760 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3096 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 228 Parallax 223 171% 220 fps	MRender 149 Gravity 205 Splatting 143 134% 166 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 616GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,399 Write 1,838 Mixed 1,893 454% 2,043 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 53.4 259% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 45.9 120% 260 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 363%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 194GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4488 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1404 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 263 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12793468147	104% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 486 Mixed 510 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 31.6 155% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 93.5 92% 138 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 958GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 180 174 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1522 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1515 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32359 (C2) HDA temperature 125 111 25 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.4% Very good	Read 158 Write 119 Mixed 113 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 321GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6325 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5300 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4197 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5300 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 1365 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.9% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 74.5 Mixed 64.3 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2000, 2400, 2000, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	MC Read 48.4 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 35.9 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 27.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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