Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.4% 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	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '16 at 01:41
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 708 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 21.8 20% 21.9 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 18.9 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17189306482 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 31 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 42 180389609498 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 231930855478 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 955 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2037 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1728 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3748 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 470 Write 314 Mixed 322 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 20.4 103% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 51.6 99% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 108%
Multiple Card Reader 32GB 2,863 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 24.2 Mixed 25.4 33% 26 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 2.04 179% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 70%

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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	245x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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