Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive170% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
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, 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, 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)
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateMay 29 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 62%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 97.4
1-Core 105
2-Core 197
79% 133 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 652
60% 504 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 123
Parallax 106
100% 117 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 109
Splatting 109
86% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
223GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 514
Write 214
Mixed 233
70% 320 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 98.3
4K Mixed 18.2
117% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 167
DQ Mixed 42.4
60% 108 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 74%
Great: 85%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 723
Write 593
Mixed 619
144% 645 MB/s
4K Read 69.6
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 68.9
266% 91.3 MB/s
DQ Read 716
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 228
254% 439 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 170%
Great: 280%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
117GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
40.4% Average
Read 81.8
Write 58.6
Mixed 62.9
51% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.94
4K Mixed 0.3
90% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 40.4%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
78.7% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 24.4
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 20.2
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 48.9
82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,472 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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