Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (28%). 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '20 at 16:55
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 571 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 124 Parallax 140 110% 133 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 106% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 98 90 89 89 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.9% Above average	Read 215 Write 119 Mixed 162 SusWrite 92.7 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 24.2 126% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 76.4 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 98.2 74% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 75%
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 112GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 403 397 398 401 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 462 Mixed 377 SusWrite 406 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.1 186% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 282 231% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 310GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2253 762 764 763 764 779 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,398 Write 2,252 Mixed 1,773 SusWrite 1,014 416% 1,859 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 94 316% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 923 695% 933 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 340%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 307GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 123 123 123 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 123 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 72%

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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	856x
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	206x
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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16