Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics92.7% 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 Drive284% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateMay 10 '19 at 05:40
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Memory 97.3
1-Core 122
2-Core 246
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 642
70% 555 Pts
64-Core 638
40% 638 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 122
Parallax 116
96% 119 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 106
Splatting 108
86% 104 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 328 328 328 329 323 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
284% Outstanding
Read 2,446
Write 1,469
Mixed 1322
SusWrite 373
310% 1,403 MB/s
4K Read 72.4
4K Write 251
4K Mixed 101
372% 142 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 1,211
DQ Mixed 950
757% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 284%
Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
40GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 77 119 132 149 159 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
76.1% Very good
Read 336
Write 209
Mixed 234
SusWrite 126
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 40.4
152% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 150
124% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50
206GB free
Firmware: AX001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 95 95 95 94 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
53.3% Above average
Read 91.8
Write 92.4
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 94
56% 77.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
60GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 84 81 66 85 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
45% Average
Read 74.7
Write 64.8
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 81.6
50% 68.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 25.6
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 26.1
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 49.2
81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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