Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 05:47
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 223 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 507 58% 452 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 29.5 30% 34.4 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 37.9 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 36%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 85.9 53% 71.5 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 54.6 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1035 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 18 (EB) Unknown 99 99 207 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21603832609	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 412 Mixed 186 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 49 176% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 130 135% 223 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 57GB free Firmware: O1204A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1153 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 144 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35980 (A5) Unknown 100 100 37 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 414 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61200 (F2) Unknown 100 100 111046 (F5) Unknown 100 100 82207	66.8% Good	Read 475 Write 291 Mixed 244 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 3.63 81% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 17.8 58% 122 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 324GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 589037603 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 446 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 170 Mixed 97.1 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 4.45 4K Mixed 0.46 205% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 319GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2254 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2116 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 157 Mixed 101 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.38 122% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 246GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2802 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.8% Very good	Read 117 Write 143 Mixed 77.6 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.32 118% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 337GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 65 Write 69.6 Mixed 54.8 81% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 92%

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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	849x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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