Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 02:01
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 543 62% 483 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Asus(1043 04F7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 50.8 Parallax 59.1 41% 53.3 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 45.2 Splatting 36 35% 43.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 462 Write 448 Mixed 376 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.8 205% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 140GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 92 94 92 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 175 Write 143 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 93.8 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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