Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	142% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150127
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 14:19
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 236 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 631 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 870F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 4368 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 188 Parallax 191 158% 191 fps	MRender 226 Gravity 173 Splatting 139 142% 179 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 102 111 121 63 94 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 295 Write 250 Mixed 315 SusWrite 107 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 21.4 4K Mixed 24.6 86% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 85.5 69% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 65%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 265 183 56 94 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 477 Write 425 Mixed 349 SusWrite 149 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 39.5 153% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 196 178% 268 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 102%

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 below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.9% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	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 $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 $290	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 $40	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