Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 15 '20 at 03:05
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 128
2-Core 253
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 690
71% 574 Pts
64-Core 685
42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 93.4
Parallax 86.8
82% 93.7 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 88.5
Splatting 76.2
72% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74
872GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 603 687 656 656 655 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 652
Write 632
Mixed 627
SusWrite 613
142% 631 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 66.7
237% 89.2 MB/s
DQ Read 776
DQ Write 746
DQ Mixed 943
658% 821 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 170%
Great: 347%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 240 236 241 239 238 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 173 178 178 178 179 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 149
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 173
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 101%
Great: 97%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
61.2% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 18.4
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 19.6
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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