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 below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	97.3% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 02:49
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 251 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 659 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10160 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 210 (B1) Unknown 93 93 133 (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 56 49 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37620367110	97.3% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 366 Mixed 214 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 35.9 142% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 117 129% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 369GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 191817154 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 27475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4347071247 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7605 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 51540394396 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 4934664229 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 90194313253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 29 191817154 (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 36094905181716 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2866434063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2452466990	37.4% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 56.3 Mixed 23 37% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 56%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 36GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 66 142434715 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2154 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 90 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 624237700400 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1957 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 1 34360266782 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 870 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 212937 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 94489280545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 30 142434715 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -120602681627725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4035207303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3563441551 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	32.6% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 55.5 Mixed 22.8 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 34.2 96% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.47 51% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 52%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 408GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 42.3 Mixed 28.3 45% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.28 44% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 87%

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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