Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 08:51
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 678 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% XFX(1682 9C30) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 133 76% 103 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 119 83% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 355 354 5.1 313 357 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 486 Write 336 Mixed 248 SusWrite 285 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15.1 120% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 88.7 110% 189 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 174 174 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 171 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 174 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 84GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 78 77 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 78.9 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8W-TA2 2x8GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

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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	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