Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	85.7% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 17:57
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 535 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4501 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 120% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 664 Write 277 Mixed 397 98% 446 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 4.49 112% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 46.5 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 237%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 386GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107541408 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4452288358 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1791 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 279177134145 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 4816044060 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114623 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 44315472576479 (F1) Unknown 100 253 102431938791262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77455492979477	103% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 160 Mixed 141 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate STM31000528AS 1TB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 316GB free Firmware: CC3D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239945932 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13078 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 58 197657654950 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 47448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3016 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 8600420512 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437125146 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 19 239945932 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46518790831949 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1208304447 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3663531081	46.1% Average	Read 66.8 Write 93.9 Mixed 77.3 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.45 91% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 68%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 13GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 38.6 Mixed 18.3 39% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 79%

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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 $55Bench 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 $132Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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) $39	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