Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	17.7% 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	116% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 03:48
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 708 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 404 303 295 287 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 491 Mixed 374 SusWrite 338 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52.7 194% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 249 211% 309 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 129 131 131 133 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 442 Write 151 Mixed 197 SusWrite 132 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 38.6 172% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 96.5 83% 122 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 814GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 125 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 126 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 187 187 186 188 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 185 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 96%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 772GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 40 40 37 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 30.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 38.7 41% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 12% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-10-10 D3-1866 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1866 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

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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	854x
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	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	81x

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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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