Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	10.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 01:38
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 636 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 85 (A3) Unknown 100 100 67 (A4) Unknown 100 100 69552 (A5) Unknown 100 100 86 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 13 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187727 (F2) Unknown 100 100 190500 (F5) Unknown 100 100 139104	75.8% Very good	Read 492 Write 222 Mixed 246 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 22.5 111% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 48.2 81% 160 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 436GB free Firmware: AX0D5A 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 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1034 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3993 (0A) Spinup retry count 141 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 97502 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749610018 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2322 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 256 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.8% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14181 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 37 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.5% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 94.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston 9905474-059.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 51%

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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	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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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 $131	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