Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '24 at 10:45
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 558 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 124 Parallax 109 92% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 649 Write 528 Mixed 564 129% 581 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 57.2 185% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 545 409% 547 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$54 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 506GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 126 125 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 190 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 126 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 97GB free Firmware: 58.01D58 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 32 31 32 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 114 Write 32.7 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 31.7 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 86%

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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	48	14	60	23.8"	1920 1017	LEN1201 LEN-24ARR-B

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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	862x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	250x
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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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