Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 02:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 730 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 190 Parallax 179 141% 181 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 185 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 118 123 143 141 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 378 Write 170 Mixed 222 SusWrite 133 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.4 174% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 156 121% 165 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free Firmware: Q1122BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 414 408 405 407 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 398 Mixed 329 SusWrite 399 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 37.7 143% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 219 182% 260 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 165 164 161 168 164 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 163 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 281% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 27.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

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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	849x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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