Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 714 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 26.8 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 669GB free Firmware: ML6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 143 143 34383593876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2314 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 197569544230 (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 200 200 1100132	58.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 96 Mixed 85.9 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 566GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236183808 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 579219673 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 639696933 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 268 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 73014444069 (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 -94321776773802 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70412555700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1553273105155	67.1% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 99.1 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.37 168% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 18GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	8.45% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 6.12 Mixed 12.7 15% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.13 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.45% Great: 40%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 78.3 Mixed 41.4 76% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.25 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 71%

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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	850x
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	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	65x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16