Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 18:54
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 438 49% 383 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 62.7 58% 68.2 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 58.5 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 47 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (64) Unknown 100 100 2512064 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 38 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 257699217441 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1046 (F1) Unknown 100 100 989 (F2) Unknown 100 100 700 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3102	111% Outstanding	Read 711 Write 707 Mixed 726 160% 715 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 12.9 104% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 11.9 65% 149 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-009.A00LF 99U5402-407.A00LF 99U5584-009.A00LF 99U5402-407.A00LF 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

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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	862x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	250x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16