Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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 Drive	104% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 00:54
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 645 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 91.5 84% 97.8 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 78.5 73% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 287 246 236 240 235 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 434 Mixed 356 SusWrite 266 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.8 170% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 344 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB-$86 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 54GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 213 202 135 151 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 345 Mixed 292 SusWrite 188 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.3 167% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 173 172% 278 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%
PNY SSD2SC120G1CS1754D117-551 120GB 2,096 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 15GB free Firmware: CS111101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 398 Write 285 Mixed 274 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.3 152% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 16.5 60% 137 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 101GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 54.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 59.5 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 358GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 56 58 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 80.6 Write 81.9 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 56.9 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 115 114 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 115 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 6.9 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16