Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 21:23
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 567 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 119 Parallax 104 98% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 235GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 141 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 687305374	115% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 403 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 49.6 184% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 132 146% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2842 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 339 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3604605 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9927	85.8% Excellent	Read 520 Write 334 Mixed 407 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 14.3 110% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 62.3 110% 217 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 561GB free Firmware: CC45 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 119 99 221496936 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23980874 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1087 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64295 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 55834574882 (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 -5725191402481 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11626715250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 368639749583	68.7% Good	Read 137 Write 103 Mixed 99.5 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 358GB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579322977 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1192 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223339348009 (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	42% Average	Read 67.6 Write 79.2 Mixed 69.1 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.13 28% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 101 137% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99924-15- 0118 8GBH2X04E99927-15 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 15.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 63%

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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	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 $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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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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16