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 (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	160% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 574 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 960GB-$1,449 170 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 809GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20106986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -63986422767524 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2104 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 59 73018310693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20106986 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20106986 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20106986 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33371 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20165 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20165 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29680	160% Outstanding	Read 1,759 Write 875 Mixed 1,073 272% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 15.9 118% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 15.1 25% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160329280 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5591751 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2081 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 17180196986 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 622264354 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29360 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 55834574882 (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 59193239278842 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14104694995 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62857539960	106% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 176 Mixed 178 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 595GB free Firmware: SM15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70575144 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2975857 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2842 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196762 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 823 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12397 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 60129542176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.2% Average	Read 76.5 Write 89.9 Mixed 68 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.42 170% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 65%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 524GB free Firmware: 2BC10008 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 86 4062 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3215 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8294 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 206159347742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 20 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68375	63.7% Good	Read 107 Write 115 Mixed 120 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.33 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 87%

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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	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