Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	30.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '21 at 14:00
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 649 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 91.6 55% 74.3 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 47.5 49% 61.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 355 318 313 324 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 386 Mixed 344 SusWrite 335 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 51.4 172% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 271% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 761GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 389 389 389 398 389 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 403 Mixed 354 SusWrite 390 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.6 160% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE6400 3TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 108 107 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 107 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 90%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 99GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 69 68 67 68 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 42.6 Mixed 43 SusWrite 67.8 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 64%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 9409 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 221 224 225 224 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 220 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 1.4 299% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.4 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 30.9 Write 1.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.7 10% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	VSC3A2C VX2770 SERIES

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16