Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 15:07
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 240 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 650 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.3.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 67.5 41% 50.9 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 53 Splatting 43.1 35% 43 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 157 171 159 234 165 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 459 Write 406 Mixed 296 SusWrite 192 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 21 122% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 12.3 92% 215 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 33GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 656 Write 571 Mixed 578 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 77.9 233% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 76.1 190% 391 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 347GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 98 99 101 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 79 Mixed 51 SusWrite 99.2 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA72303 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 113 119 120 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 118 141% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%
H/W RAID 5 9TB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 120 114 118 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 17.8 Write 20.8 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 117 68% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Dark-1600 2x8GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	854x
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	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	67x
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 $40	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