Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	102% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 04:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 419 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 156 Parallax 146 126% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 380 389 406 375 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 407 Mixed 349 SusWrite 363 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 56.8 186% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 62.2 54% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 228GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 329 380 208 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 399 Write 378 Mixed 320 SusWrite 248 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 39.5 136% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 232 183% 252 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 139 131 98 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 126 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 121 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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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	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