Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.8% 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)
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 09:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 622 68% 536 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 360F) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.8% Below average	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 39.1 Parallax 54.6 28% 42.7 fps	MRender 53.1 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 34.9 36% 45.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 47 93 67 71 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 194 Write 320 Mixed 156 SusWrite 72.8 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 26.6 109% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 84.1 104% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 148GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 196 195 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 163 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 194 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%

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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%

Speed boat

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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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