Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	133% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 07:04
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 259 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 634 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 92.4 56% 76.7 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 55.1 52% 64 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 53%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 29.1 30% 34.1 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 51GB free Firmware: O120 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 270 269 277 283 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 490 Write 282 Mixed 204 SusWrite 272 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 11.8 113% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 66.7 85% 146 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 304 293 290 292 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 392 SusWrite 306 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 71.8 251% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 31GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 76 74 72 71 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 61.9 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 74.9 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 88%
WD WD2003FZEX-00SRL 2TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 12GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 129 114 111 104 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 146 Write 168 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 116 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 110%
ASMT 2115 750GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 221GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 39 37 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 36.3 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 37.7 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 26.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 92%

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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	851x
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