Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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	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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '22 at 13:35
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 119 2-Core 167 76% 125 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 613 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 72 63% 76.1 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 70.8 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 333 328 320 313 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 494 Mixed 546 SusWrite 326 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 73.5 233% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 783 570% 743 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 340%
OCZ SOLID3 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 217GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 129 128 126 130 127 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	34.1% Below average	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 199 SusWrite 124 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 15.5 52% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 59.3 50% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 45 45 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 56.6 Write 47.6 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 44.2 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 57%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 64GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 59.1 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 63.3 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 66%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 320GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 99 99 100 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 91.1 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 98.5 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 76%
WD My Book 25ED 8TB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 165 159 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 160 Write 166 Mixed 121 SusWrite 162 207% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.3 258% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX2400C11D3/8GX 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 67%

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

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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	248x
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 $542	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