Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.2% 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	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 06:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 129 2-Core 216 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 612 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6167) 3GB; EVGA 1060 CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 74 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 67.8 60% 70.5 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 69.7 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 685 Write 281 Mixed 319 94% 428 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 16.5 111% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 13.2 23% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 144%
Corsai Force 3 SSD 51GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 112GB free Firmware: 5.03 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.1% Above average	Read 209 Write 145 Mixed 167 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.7 114% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85.3 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 9.77 32% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 174 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 2.57 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.34 186% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 164%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3590 (C2) HDA temperature 101 101 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 174 Mixed 157 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.36 148% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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