Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 21:00
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 411 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 19.6 13% 16.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 17.1 12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 357 355 182 128 103 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 368 Mixed 310 SusWrite 244 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43 143% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 196 176% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 103%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 147GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 75 76 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 88.3 Write 80.8 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 74.5 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 61%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	863x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	251x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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