Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 06:30
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 616 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.22 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 77.3 66% 75.5 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 70.6 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 84 88 84 71 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 454 Write 171 Mixed 180 SusWrite 87.1 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 35.1 145% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 222 172% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 134%
WD Se 1TB (2013)-$18 2,236 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 767GB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 152 153 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 103 SusWrite 152 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 229% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 2x8GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 73%

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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	849x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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