Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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	133% 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 Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). 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, 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 529 59% 463 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 183 Parallax 181 153% 184 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 382 409 420 102 368 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 396 Write 377 Mixed 290 SusWrite 343 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 15.3 106% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 193 150% 209 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 412GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 140 156 155 156 155 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 156 Write 81 Mixed 73 SusWrite 148 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% 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)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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