Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 00:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 690 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 88% 113 fps	Gravity 94.1 Splatting 103 88% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 355 Write 188 Mixed 238 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 41.6 164% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 193 153% 214 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 88%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 542GB free Firmware: 401000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 468 Write 462 Mixed 385 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 53.9 190% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 255 218% 322 MB/s
Poor: 70% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x4GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

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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	854x
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	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	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	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 i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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