Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 12:42
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 405 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 93.7 52% 77 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 57.8 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 344 391 397 408 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 416 Write 368 Mixed 246 SusWrite 378 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 18.2 113% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 108 119% 196 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 78%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 152 143 143 143 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 297 Write 212 Mixed 235 SusWrite 140 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 36.8 138% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 175 136% 185 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 90GB 681 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 40GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 81 81 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 156 Write 96 Mixed 122 SusWrite 79.6 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 26.3 111% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 106 83% 116 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ24GX3M6A1600C9 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.4% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $45	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