Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '24 at 01:41
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 530 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86CC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.4% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 74.2 71% 82.1 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GB 10,890 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1L2QEXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 507 490 307 304 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 628 Write 467 Mixed 556 SusWrite 360 113% 503 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 52.5 174% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 649 481% 640 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 247%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 175 177 180 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 131 Mixed 105 SusWrite 169 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 13GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.47% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 2.5 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 15 20% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 96%

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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	27	7	144	27"	1280 720	SAM707A LC27G5xT

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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	852x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	246x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	205x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	66x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16