Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 02:00
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 654 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% PowerColor(148C 2342) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.2 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 60 Reflection 57 Parallax 74.4 49% 63.8 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 55 Splatting 78.3 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 732 Write 668 Mixed 698 156% 699 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 35.7 184% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 51 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 35.9 70% 131 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 306%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 206GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14857 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2272 (E8) Unknown 100 100 60984443330 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	88.6% Excellent	Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 438 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 20.3 125% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 130 81% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 724GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231011232 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 21510453047 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2104 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 57 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 1718525820959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65798 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 22 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17068200029245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83146557708 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34519446283	79.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 158 Mixed 155 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2133 CL11 Series 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 27.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 81%

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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	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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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