Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 13 '17 at 04:13
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 89.6
1-Core 125
2-Core 240
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 657
70% 557 Pts
64-Core 654
40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.3% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 118
Parallax 99.3
83% 106 fps
MRender 97.9
Gravity 95.7
Splatting 99.9
80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Read 493
Write 343
Mixed 345
87% 394 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 66.3
4K Mixed 9.86
106% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 62.9
88% 163 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39
876GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Read 146
Write 124
Mixed 124
99% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 2.26
4K Mixed 0.46
120% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 991769 (996769) 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
27.8% Poor
MC Read 8.8
MC Write 9
MC Mixed 7.7
24% 8.5 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 8.4
25% 8.87 GB/s
Latency 67.8
59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 27.8%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,471 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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