Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46% 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	131% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '23 at 01:08
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 79.6 2-Core 226 71% 130 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 386 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.7.2 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 55.5 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 85.1 45% 67.4 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 69 Splatting 45.8 48% 59.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 439 329 373 334 332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 590 Write 587 Mixed 516 SusWrite 376 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 51.6 161% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 983 676% 833 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 347%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 212GB free Firmware: AV0A1C SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 22 32 19 30 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 64%

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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: 0P 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	55	26	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM76FD LG ULTRAWIDE

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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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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 i5-12400F $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