Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '20 at 18:54
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 700 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 196 Parallax 195 145% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2154 Write 1,283 Mixed 632 297% 1,356 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 51.3 251% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 750 607% 863 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 541GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 153 156 157 156 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 180 Mixed 105 SusWrite 156 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2400-MR 4x4GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 89%

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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	861x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $278Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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