Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	82.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 14:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 627 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 291 292 290 293 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 334 Write 289 Mixed 220 SusWrite 292 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.5 128% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 190 172% 261 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 128%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 39GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 169 163 167 167 166 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 355 Write 160 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 168 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 12.2 48% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 20.3 17% 24 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 370GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 123 124 120 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 122 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 66 SusWrite 134 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%

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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	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 $52

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