Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	74.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 01:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 590 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 109% 142 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 136 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 97 97 145 73 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 328 Write 255 Mixed 258 SusWrite 114 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.4 144% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 201 157% 213 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 165GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 158 163 165 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 306 Write 194 Mixed 237 SusWrite 154 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40 157% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 134 128% 203 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 62GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 89 96 97 94 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 94.3 Mixed 101 SusWrite 92.3 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 62%

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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	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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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