Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '22 at 12:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 563 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 35.2 20% 29.2 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 25.1 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Dtate 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: H220115 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 334 53 51 29 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.3% Excellent	Read 414 Write 432 Mixed 396 SusWrite 152 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 42 151% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 193 155% 212 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 137 136 138 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 103 SusWrite 136 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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 $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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