Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% 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	118% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 684 64% 533 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1589 MHz, MLim: 1818 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 66.7 59% 70.9 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 58.7 54% 67.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13359 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 434 (B1) Unknown 89 89 228 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 75 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 107217256609	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.3 186% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 104 140% 258 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 225649080 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8616941996 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (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 49 39 5352521334835 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2750 (C2) HDA temperature 51 61 85899345971 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 225649080 (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 -114727166410068 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3090242584 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5669419607	78.3% Very good	Read 163 Write 108 Mixed 94.9 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 7.18 4K Mixed 0.42 222% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 625GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2416 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1716 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 648 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1767 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 38 (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	92.1% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 165 Mixed 159 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.28 134% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%
Apple HDD TOSHIBA MK50 500GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 160GB free Firmware: GV201B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 2114 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 61 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 14596 (0A) Spinup retry count 143 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 748 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 50899 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159675424 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 45 (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 100 100 137 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 929 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 334 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 9	40.3% Average	Read 72.8 Write 67.4 Mixed 67.1 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

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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 $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