Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.5% 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	82.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (25%). 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	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 554 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.7 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 17.5 18% 22.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 338 322 304 288 248 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 398 Write 420 Mixed 294 SusWrite 307 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 35.1 129% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 106 105% 158 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 331GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 106 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 94.3 Mixed 68 SusWrite 105 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 83%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 157 162 155 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 94.2 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 156 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 120 123 120 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 112 Write 94.9 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 120 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 3x8GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	849x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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