Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.5% 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 Drive63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A-USB31  (all builds)
Memory20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150127
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 05 '19 at 18:11
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 94.6
1-Core 114
2-Core 223
83% 144 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 362
55% 401 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (62nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.5% Excellent
Lighting 99.1
Reflection 110
Parallax 94
81% 101 fps
MRender 97.4
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 98.5
80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
M4-CT064M4SSD1 64GB
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 000F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 108 103 109 103 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
63% Good
Read 491
Write 108
Mixed 150
SusWrite 104
46% 213 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 84.9
4K Mixed 16.5
111% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 89.3
DQ Mixed 28.9
44% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 63%
Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
215GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 108 108 107 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 109
Write 106
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 107
71% 96.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 1314 992069 (997069) 1315 BL51264BA160A.16FH 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
64.3% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 20.8
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 21.3
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 58.3
69% 58.3 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A-USB31 Builds (Compare 1,476 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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