Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 691 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5884 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 584 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 447518989	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 485 Mixed 510 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 36.1 135% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 164 169% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2604167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -30915174584771 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 49 77312622623 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 77312622623 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2604167 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2604167 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2604167 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37530 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13775 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13775 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5737	33.7% Below average	Read 322 Write 103 Mixed 141 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 6.43 48% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 15.9 12% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 968GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160247184 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32106329 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77378 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108898895785188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29151940527 (F2) Unknown 100 253 531519952753	79.9% Very good	Read 148 Write 131 Mixed 128 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 759GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 166028984 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7001591 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3426 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125580548770575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3368741252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196176915242	73.6% Very good	Read 112 Write 143 Mixed 109 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.81 219% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 110%
ST6000DM 003-2CY186 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free, PID 1351 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 147 Mixed 95.6 161% 127 MB/s	4K Read 9.32 4K Write 6.21 4K Mixed 0.5 262% 5.34 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V01D3LF8GB52852816 4x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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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 $90Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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