Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	98.6% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '16 at 21:10
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 214 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 564 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.0.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 49.1 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 63 40% 48.9 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 43.3 36% 43.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 447 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 68 67 141735559200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 126 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 110 (F2) Unknown 100 100 84 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37120	98.6% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 512 Mixed 506 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 14.2 141% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 13.7 48% 101 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11252 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 132 Mixed 127 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.25 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%
Samsung HD320KJ 320GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1GB free Firmware: CP10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14715 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7387 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6577 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 65536 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 97 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1414768 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 104 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 12	38.4% Below average	Read 62 Write 71.7 Mixed 64.8 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.38 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 45%
IT1167B USB Flash Disk 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 6GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.52% Terrible	Read 34.8 Write 10.1 Mixed 28.6 28% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.37 4K Write 0.23 4K Mixed 0.19 23% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
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	91x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16