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Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics92.8% 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 Drive287% 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
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MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 24 '19 at 08:45
Run Duration157 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 97.2
1-Core 122
2-Core 246
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 642
69% 550 Pts
64-Core 638
40% 638 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑
This bench: 90.9%
 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)
92.8% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 121
Parallax 116
96% 118 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 107
Splatting 106
86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 92.8%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 328 328 327 326 304 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
287% Outstanding
Read 2,480
Write 1,469
Mixed 1,350
SusWrite 376
314% 1,419 MB/s
4K Read 73.2
4K Write 248
4K Mixed 103
374% 141 MB/s
DQ Read 976
DQ Write 1,233
DQ Mixed 1,009
788% 1,073 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑
This bench: 287%
 Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
39GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 149 155 160 159 123 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Read 235
Write 220
Mixed 230
SusWrite 146
47% 208 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 41
152% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 139
118% 171 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑
This bench: 73.5%
 Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50
206GB free
Firmware: AX001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 95 93 94 93 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
52% Above average
Read 87.7
Write 90.1
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 93.6
55% 75.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑
This bench: 52%
 Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
60GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 82 80 58 55 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
22.7% Poor
Read 3.5
Write 74.1
Mixed 11
SusWrite 74.9
30% 40.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑
This bench: 22.7%
 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 20.6
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 25
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 49.3
81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑
This bench: 80.6%
 Great: 79%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,471 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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples850x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples246x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples125x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples205x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples127x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples80x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples39x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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