Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	173% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 23:43
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 655 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D1) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 40.6 36% 42.5 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 28.2 29% 36.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 502GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 535 538 550 526 527 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 694 Write 566 Mixed 599 SusWrite 530 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 81.5 262% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 957 647% 787 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 410%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 79GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 165 165 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 120 Write 77.2 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 165 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 212 213 213 210 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 144 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 211 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 3TB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 195 198 197 191 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 175 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 194 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.8 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 119%

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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	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
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	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	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16