Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	94.9% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 08:50
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 647 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 59.4 Parallax 93 56% 73.7 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 75.2 54% 64.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18499 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 891 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20703034786	94.9% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 402 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 26.3 150% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 25.9 54% 104 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3803865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -65953517764499 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2502 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 550 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 78 30069882910 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3803865 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3803865 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3803865 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29691 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28885 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28885 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31502	68.9% Good	Read 502 Write 145 Mixed 221 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.8 129% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 49.6 45% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 131414269 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17040256 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -89614492619528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 7486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36991 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 65682934860115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7461736276 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6586922471	96.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 163 Mixed 124 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44457800 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68270599 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 13440122913 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 209299 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 -140737488355295 (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 -32268089286433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60148468441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64919636651	93.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 147 Mixed 124 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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	851x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $45	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