Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '24 at 05:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 211 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 623 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 4663) ≥ 4GB; 08G-P5-3663-KL, EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 178 Parallax 186 153% 184 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 124 Splatting 119 115% 145 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 318 300 305 293 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 322 Mixed 295 SusWrite 304 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 36 134% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 233 205% 308 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 133%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 119 119 121 120 119 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 123 Write 123 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 112 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 92% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 100%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 335GB free, PID ac39 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 112 114 113 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 80.7 Write 107 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 107 130% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 179% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free, PID 3322 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3,704 2,437% 3,704 MB/s	4K Read 533 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 2,105% 179 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 76%

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 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.3% 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	1179	505	30	28.6"	2560 1377	SAM1015 LU28R55

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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