Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 05:08
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 694 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 42.8 34% 38.7 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 39 Splatting 37 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 361GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16226991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -21182778703816 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 85902884896 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16226991 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16226991 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16226991 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 996 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1096 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1096 (F2) Unknown 0 0 988	101% Outstanding	Read 717 Write 601 Mixed 692 149% 670 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 13 100% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 152 123% 165 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 172%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 611 Mixed 666 150% 673 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 15.4 117% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 14.8 93% 216 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 185%
Seagate ST1500LM003-9YH148 1.5TB 798 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 99 1249390976 (03) Spinup time 95 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9038 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2239918 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 327711 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 49 386793494 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20904 (C2) HDA temperature 22 51 12884901910 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 29 1249390976 (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 -138224932485040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2217898980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2278343660	45.5% Average	Read 82.4 Write 76.3 Mixed 83.5 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 52%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 887GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 133 133 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 3061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1287 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35926 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 249108299799 (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 9 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	73.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 112 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 75%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 64GB-$6 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 53GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	9.65% Terrible	Read 25.7 Write 9.59 Mixed 11.1 17% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.15 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.36 65% 3.35 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.65% Great: 38%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 91.4 Write 14.7 Mixed 21.1 39% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.46 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.65 67% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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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	856x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
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	67x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16