Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.2% 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	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '16 at 20:03
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 434 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 45 31% 39.1 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 31.8 Splatting 39.9 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0617A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 240 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24881 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 121698 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56437 (F5) Unknown 100 100 199048	81.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 306 Mixed 385 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 32.1 132% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 19.4 26% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 880GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200844080 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43686724 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22771 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 38654705691 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118111600636522 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10035762537 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93576379738	108% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 173 Mixed 173 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 8GBBNAUDEBA 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

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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	856x
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	206x
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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16