Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 02:05
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 228 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 621 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 71.2 59% 72.6 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 69.9 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 592GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 91 98 102 99 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 81 SusWrite 94.9 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 114%
USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5598 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.2 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 6.2 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 4.6 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.8 169% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 15%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 376 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 7TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 182 183 181 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 164 Mixed 122 SusWrite 180 209% 149 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.9 207% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 1,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 20GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 38.3 Write 5 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 4.7 12% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Mixed 0 43% 3.85 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 32%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	851x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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