Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 15:29
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 631 69% 545 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 64.1 61% 70.5 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 58.3 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8576 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 470 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 239 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10283571758
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 54GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 5GB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.5% Very poor	Read 107 Write 94.6 Mixed 107 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 8.48 4K Mixed 3.77 26% 7.75 MB/s	DQ Read 68.6 DQ Write 24.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 19% 36 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 25%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.5 Mixed 95.9 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.51 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 1.43 296% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$58 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 821GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6547 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3252 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4766 (C2) HDA temperature 124 92 23 (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	65% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 86.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.42 118% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 76%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 229GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1108 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1650 (C2) HDA temperature 127 104 23 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.9 Mixed 90.9 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.45 128% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 24.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

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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	868x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	252x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	210x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
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 i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353