Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 03:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 730 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04A8) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 57.2 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 85 47% 69.6 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 55.8 Splatting 54.6 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7872052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -100373385703012 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 76 47249621017 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7872052 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7872052 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7872052 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2422 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3006 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3006 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2704	73.9% Very good	Read 465 Write 115 Mixed 161 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 18.3 142% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 52.4 71% 129 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1965 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 782 (AB) Unknown 100 100 76364624 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 90 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6385 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4860 (F9) Unknown 100 100 256605661	100% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 411 Mixed 435 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 27.3 146% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 18.1 94% 211 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8497 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 445 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 153 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209805856 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 444 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 574 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 392GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181435154 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 43010486960 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4039 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885098511 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 22 181435154 (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 120714350840434 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3090141712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 950064650	51.2% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 79.6 Mixed 89.9 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 69%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $40
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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