Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91% 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	118% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 22:49
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 698 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 115 Parallax 119 95% 117 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 99 Splatting 80.8 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 371 284 285 280 269 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 492 Mixed 375 SusWrite 298 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.5 203% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 133GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 404 421 451 453 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 471 Mixed 406 SusWrite 414 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.9 216% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 143GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 398 415 235 236 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 470 Mixed 380 SusWrite 303 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.8 155% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 325 247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 99%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 53 53 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 52.3 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 53.1 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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