Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 744 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 104 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 80.8 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 713GB 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 98 98 8749 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 382 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26952827132
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 71GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12438 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 910 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63139 (F2) Unknown 100 100 44539 (F5) Unknown 100 100 99504	92.3% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 298 Mixed 376 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 32.6 136% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 68.7 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8748 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 430 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1411969280	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 43.8 170% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 105 133% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 275GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 76308 (C2) HDA temperature 124 115 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 95.7 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 65%

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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	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