Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.9% 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	95.5% 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 (15%). 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	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 08:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 538 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$120 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 82.8 52% 71 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 55 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 62 57 60 64 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 440 Mixed 365 SusWrite 101 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 53.8 179% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 58GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 80 78 77 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 80 Write 84.5 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 75.1 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 14GB free Firmware: CR100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 45 46 48 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 69 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 46.8 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 44%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 28 30 33 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 48.7 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 30.4 25% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	861x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	250x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16