Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.5% 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	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 05:56
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 658 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 80.6 57% 71.4 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 55.8 Splatting 78.4 55% 65.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 21440618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 -91585882594500 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 321 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 64427393052 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21440618 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21440618 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21440618 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15309 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11833 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11833 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12258	45.5% Average	Read 183 Write 118 Mixed 140 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 9.41 87% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 29 52% 104 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 84%
Inte SSDSA2M080G2GC 80GB 10GB free Firmware: 2CV1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2802 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 226279 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	38.5% Below average	Read 251 Write 83.1 Mixed 127 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 7.12 66% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 35.2 45% 82.3 MB/s

Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 126GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 82 207421636 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 22048582844 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 51749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3978 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 46 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 24 54 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 50 13860436 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.1% Below average	Read 59.1 Write 59.7 Mixed 52.8 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 102GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 81 112873402 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 26347973889 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 51759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3983 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 45 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 24 55 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 47 165475171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.3% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 59.3 Mixed 61.1 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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