Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.4% 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 Drive259% 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 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.
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)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 13 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (79th 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 (100th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 97.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 245
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 656
67% 540 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 88.2%
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: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 123
Parallax 105
100% 117 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 109
Splatting 106
86% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
259% Outstanding
Read 1,490
Write 1,230
Mixed 1,236
294% 1,319 MB/s
4K Read 74.9
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 73.1
305% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,009
DQ Write 445
DQ Mixed 245
309% 566 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 259%
Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
44GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
69.1% Good
Read 515
Write 198
Mixed 218
68% 310 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 16
106% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 20.8
45% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
70GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 82.7
Write 61.1
Mixed 56.2
50% 66.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.93
4K Mixed 0.31
92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 41.4%
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 (99th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 25.8
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 26.5
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 47.5
84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 82.7%
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 1,469 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

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