Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 118%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime4.4 Days
Run DateOct 21 '19 at 03:13
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 127
2-Core 259
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 686
70% 568 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 186
Reflection 173
Parallax 188
152% 182 fps
MRender 189
Gravity 156
Splatting 116
122% 154 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB
231GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 315 315 316 317 317 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 473
Write 460
Mixed 386
SusWrite 329
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 58
192% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 352
266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 115%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
321GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 85 88 90 87 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Read 174
Write 150
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 83.8
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
803GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 187 188 186 188 188 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 178
Mixed 104
SusWrite 187
121% 165 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 109%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
69.7% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 22.2
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 21.4
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 55.3
72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,469 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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