Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '16 at 21:11
Run Duration	337 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 668 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 85 Parallax 74.8 66% 80.4 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 67.4 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1464 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 205 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6498424408	94.4% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 26.3 154% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 25.6 32% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 233GB free Firmware: FBEOC44C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 7868 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 7 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 437846041 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1441814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 146269 (C2) HDA temperature 220 100 184684511257 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 99 0	35.6% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 60.7 Mixed 56.4 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 233GB free Firmware: FBEOC44C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 17179869184 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 7888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 12753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 7875 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 135 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 421003288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 99 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8192125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 162357 (C2) HDA temperature 229 100 193274380312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 99 0	37.2% Below average	Read 65 Write 64.7 Mixed 60.4 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 1,804 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 005b, pny 8gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Read 29.6 Write 4.37 Mixed 6.66 12% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.98 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 30% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 86%

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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	855x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16