Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 09:00
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 234 89% 154 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 531 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 59 Parallax 113 68% 85.1 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 75.7 63% 77.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 68 72 18 61 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 373 Write 261 Mixed 292 SusWrite 72.2 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 15.8 42% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 471GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 146 150 150 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 136 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 149 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 79%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	850x
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