Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 03:28
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 255 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 664 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.64 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 170 Parallax 178 142% 174 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 152 Splatting 111 119% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 74 77 73 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 139 Write 110 Mixed 111 SusWrite 73.9 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 26.5 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 99.3 79% 111 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 73%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 168GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 389 395 395 397 390 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 324 Write 418 Mixed 267 SusWrite 392 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 25.7 95% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 207 190% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 139 139 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 154 Mixed 56 SusWrite 139 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.9 356% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 94%
Minipro RAID V3 RAID 0 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 115GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.8% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 35.8 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 37.6 28% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2420 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16