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Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.2% 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 Drive289% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
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MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 04 '21 at 23:23
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 97.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 243
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 648
67% 540 Pts
64-Core 648
40% 648 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑
This bench: 88.9%
 Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.2% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 118
Parallax 109
96% 115 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 109
Splatting 106
86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 92.2%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 845 329 330 328 329 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
289% Outstanding
Read 2,470
Write 1,450
Mixed 1,340
SusWrite 435
315% 1,424 MB/s
4K Read 73.1
4K Write 248
4K Mixed 102
373% 141 MB/s
DQ Read 974
DQ Write 1,223
DQ Mixed 1,008
786% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑
This bench: 289%
 Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
156GB free
Firmware: 60AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 157 153 96 71 71 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 383
Write 215
Mixed 170
SusWrite 104
48% 218 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 17.6
100% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 168
126% 165 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑
This bench: 58.5%
 Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50
143GB free
Firmware: AX00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 86 86 85 86 86 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
47.5% Average
Read 82.7
Write 83.1
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 82.7
51% 69.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑
This bench: 47.5%
 Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 30.2
MC Mixed 26
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 25.4
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 48.2
83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑
This bench: 81.1%
 Great: 79%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,478 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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples856x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples246x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples125x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples205x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples128x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples81x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples39x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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