Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99% 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	114% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '21 at 21:30
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 96.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 440 47% 374 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 142 Parallax 194 102% 154 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 94.8 93% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 197 199 201 202 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 489 Mixed 391 SusWrite 220 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 61.6 206% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 100GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 557 598 445 405 399 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 602 Mixed 476 SusWrite 481 126% 562 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.2 204% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 830 589% 751 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 517GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 85.8 Write 149 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 130 71% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 390GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 140 140 140 138 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 137 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 139 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 72%

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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	849x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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