Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.7% 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	117% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 718 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3674) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1552 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 65.6 61% 71.2 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 67 Splatting 58.3 54% 67 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4012 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 547 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9601762150	117% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 412 Mixed 261 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.6 194% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 121 128% 213 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11608 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2677 (B1) Unknown 95 95 49 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 73 62 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 730 (EB) Unknown 99 99 241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18601583530	96.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 352 Mixed 272 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 26.5 148% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 78.3 103% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 367GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160967213 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 247382556 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6580 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262683 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 18 160967213 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 184 2794 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90675349590199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1925474457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1318234885	67.4% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 72.6 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.67 132% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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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	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