Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	110% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 02:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 259 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 521 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 288 294 289 287 286 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 444 Mixed 424 SusWrite 286 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57.3 183% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Adata SU655 120GB 3,439 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: V8X01b10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 365 371 371 372 371 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 375 Write 359 Mixed 312 SusWrite 356 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 28.7 105% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 74.6 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 116 100% 142 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 94%
USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5598 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 4.1 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 5 14% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.9 129% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,027 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

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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%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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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 $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