Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.8% 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 Drive	77.5% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 03:01
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (70^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 118 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 623 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 94.2 81% 101 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 96.9 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 100 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1369 (A6) Unknown 100 100 83 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 135 (A9) Unknown 100 100 49 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 116 (AE) Unknown 100 100 627 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 249108103201 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27150 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4111 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4118	80.7% Excellent	Read 458 Write 359 Mixed 413 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 4.24 112% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 23.8 75% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 103 100 1383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1296 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5066 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5118 (A9) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5061 (AE) Unknown 100 100 663 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 257698037804 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 169 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 516738 (F1) Unknown 253 253 27353 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10890	77.5% Very good	Read 483 Write 415 Mixed 439 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 5.65 107% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 23.8 33% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 3758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 21 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 34 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 184 Mixed 168 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 3.18 4K Mixed 0.5 157% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 170 1850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 615 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 34 (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	80.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 132 Mixed 132 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.3 136% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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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	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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $30	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