Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% 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 Drive	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150127
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 06:06
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 645 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.1 86% 103 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 86 73% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 10991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1310 (A2) Unknown 77 77 98 (AA) Unknown 100 100 87 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24199414 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11669 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3773	34.3% Below average	Read 421 Write 15.6 Mixed 107 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 2.4 47% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 47.2 DQ Mixed 1.01 22% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 89 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21492990224 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1268 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2709 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2709 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193273790498 (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 200 200 0	69.7% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

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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	850x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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