Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 07:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 694 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 80.2 72% 86.7 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 70.6 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 152 149 165 162 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,065 Write 933 Mixed 419 SusWrite 227 147% 661 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.9 209% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 303 296% 463 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 133%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 155GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 63 63 62 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 81.7 Write 78.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 64 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 69%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1TB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 471GB free Firmware: 0836 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 59.5 Write 47.7 Mixed 46.5 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 823GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 116 116 116 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 178 Write 124 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 116 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 4x8GB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 98%

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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	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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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