Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 03:08
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 537 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PNY(196E 11BF) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 37.6 32% 36.3 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 33.5 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 100 100 993 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (64) Unknown 100 100 815008 (65) Unknown 100 100 97664 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 485 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 673 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 158915231777 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1494 (EA) Unknown 100 100 446 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1276 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1066 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 469 Write 170 Mixed 192 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 11.4 86% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 20.5 64% 143 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 212GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3122 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3150 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 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 1006 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 62.8 Mixed 67.8 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.38 115% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 314 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1483 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 35 (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	73.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 113 Mixed 143 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%
ADATA CH11 1TB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 117GB free, PID a11a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 66 Write 64.5 Mixed 50.1 76% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 63%

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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	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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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