Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 01:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 216 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 675 62% 522 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 464GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 402 418 418 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 417 Mixed 308 SusWrite 411 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 40.8 143% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 198 174% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 412GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 155 156 156 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 147 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 155 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2OZ 2x8GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	248x
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	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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