Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.6% 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	145% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 257 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 694 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 85.5 53% 72.4 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.3 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,229 Write 645 Mixed 963 209% 945 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 27.9 179% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.5 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 27.2 41% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 576GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 941 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 443 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 146 Mixed 139 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 108%
WD 5000AAV External 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 62GB free Firmware: 1.65 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 153 4833 (04) Start/Stop count 70 70 30064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 73596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 370583 (C2) HDA temperature 107 86 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.7% Poor	Read 36.7 Write 45.3 Mixed 41.1 31% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 27.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%

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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	863x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	251x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
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