Asus K31CD-K

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Asus K31CD-K (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K31CD-K
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170106
Uptime	24.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 16:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 417 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 0862) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 7.84 6% 7.27 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 165 162 125 108 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 448 Mixed 248 SusWrite 145 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 49.1 154% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 268 213% 300 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 925GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 188 192 196 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 194 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 192 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 1x16GB 2,305 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 62%

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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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Typical K31CD-K Builds (Compare 281 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K31CD-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	185x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	52x
Core i3-7100Intel $70Bench 57%, 79,299 samples	27x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	55x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	39x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	24x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	12x
HFS128G32TND-N210A 128GBBench 63%, 4,377 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 39%, 21,551 samples	52x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 22,600 samples	35x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	15x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $161

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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