Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	82.9% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 574 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 94% 110 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.6 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 339 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3473529 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9656	82.9% Excellent	Read 516 Write 279 Mixed 390 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 14.2 114% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 61.5 109% 214 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 503GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110735776 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22471490 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 639172645 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60756 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 55834574885 (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 -7116760806514 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11360188291 (F2) Unknown 100 253 342188730949	75.7% Very good	Read 164 Write 99.6 Mixed 90.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 370GB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 167 167 51571523961 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1164 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 223339348013 (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 0	37.2% Below average	Read 82.4 Write 47.2 Mixed 71.6 51% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	35% Below average	Read 105 Write 66.8 Mixed 92.4 108% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99924-15- 0118 8GBH2X04E99927-15 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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