Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 251 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 688 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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: 1769 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 7.27 Parallax 72.7 6% 29 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13410 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 442 (B1) Unknown 89 89 229 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 75 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 107750585005
Poor: 72% 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 (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 18917016 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8617243216 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1728 (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 57 39 5369700876331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2921 (C2) HDA temperature 43 61 85899345963 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 18917016 (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 -34003256081740 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3192159192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5763791028	74% Very good	Read 153 Write 102 Mixed 101 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 7.69 4K Mixed 0.54 240% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 787GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1768 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 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	97.3% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 145 Mixed 163 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%
Apple HDD TOSHIBA MK50 500GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 313GB free Firmware: GV201B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 2123 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2229 (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 14647 (0A) Spinup retry count 144 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 750 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 51326 (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 98 932 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 327 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 9	37.9% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 66.3 Mixed 66.4 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.9% 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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