Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '19 at 03:29
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 232 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 688 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 103 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 98.2 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 881GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 523 558 589 609 612 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 756 Write 655 Mixed 657 SusWrite 565 148% 658 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.5 241% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 939 647% 800 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 271 296 310 314 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 414 SusWrite 291 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.7 226% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 175 154 154 154 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 389 SusWrite 172 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 63.7 223% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 352 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 515GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 69.2 Write 65.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 72.5 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 173 172 172 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 121 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 171 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Read 13.7 Write 3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.7 7% 6.15 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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