Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	129% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 206 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 636 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PNY(196E 0719) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.96 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 2.53 6% 6.01 fps	MRender 6.67 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 5.04 5% 5.85 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 759 Write 633 Mixed 685 154% 692 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 31 175% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 77 96% 160 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 498GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114406280 (03) Spinup time 93 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 376624128 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1947 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7906 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 114406280 (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 126744484949767 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2935725903 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3282307008	54.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 79.4 Mixed 89.3 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.16 39% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 74%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 32GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 147 9558 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5360 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1927 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 450014 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 36 (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 200 178 18473 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 92 Mixed 81.1 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.16 33% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 18GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 144 9625 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1860 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 491639 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 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	30.3% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 48.4 Mixed 52.3 40% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 63%

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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