Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.5% 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	135% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 22:57
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 670 75% 591 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 41.8 42% 46.7 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 530 530 529 520 513 504 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 625 Write 531 Mixed 431 SusWrite 521 118% 527 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.4 173% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 449 360% 519 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 283%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 307GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 124 126 127 127 130 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 125 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 243% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 445GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 88 91 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 94.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 89.7 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 14GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 35 45 42 44 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 126 Write 8 Mixed 27 SusWrite 38.8 50% 50 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 2.5 116% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 111%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.3 4.4 4.1 4.5 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Read 17 Write 0.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.2 6% 6.45 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	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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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