Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.5% 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	144% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 01:48
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 259 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 500 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 47.6 Parallax 41.9 41% 46.8 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 38.4 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 281 280 274 274 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 626 Mixed 385 SusWrite 315 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 52.8 209% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 639 498% 686 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 101GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 224 210 210 212 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 484 Mixed 387 SusWrite 236 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 65.1 226% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 336 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 351GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 93 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 93.2 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 774GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 37 37 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 80.2 Write 15 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 37.2 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 85%

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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	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 $273	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