Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 17:49
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 740 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 81 Parallax 78.6 66% 80.3 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 75 Splatting 76.5 62% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 251 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296933989 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 79 352780309 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 251 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21443 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21443 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18607	112% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 483 Mixed 481 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 37.2 165% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 141 142% 228 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1210 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 352 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296933990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 80 336003092 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 352 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 59592 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 59592 (F2) Unknown 100 100 87481	114% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 487 Mixed 480 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36.9 164% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 142 151% 251 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 551 Mixed 553 135% 610 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.3 183% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 167 178% 302 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 254%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 184 Write 125 Mixed 96.4 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 4.24 4K Mixed 0.68 206% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

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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	247x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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