Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.6% 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	197% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '16 at 08:12
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 701 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 33.2 38% 40.5 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 39.7 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 217GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79199056 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 226 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7692094	96.6% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 482 Mixed 499 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 15 122% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 48.8 100% 203 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 205 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 210 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 12 (AE) Unknown 99 99 38 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 959 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 31 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 3072 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2451 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3800	197% Outstanding	Read 1,829 Write 1,088 Mixed 1,259 308% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 31.9 149% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 154 151% 241 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 220%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 360GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 172 168 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8449 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4725 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 731 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7719 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 30 (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 200 200 367 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	39.1% Below average	Read 72.9 Write 62.8 Mixed 64.4 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 92GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4324 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 717 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3607 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 33 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 167 Write 104 Mixed 116 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 80GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120921042 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 146052691889 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9370 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229704 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 15 120921042 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30760555809360 (F1) Unknown 100 253 310740697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2653128514	47% Average	Read 87.5 Write 76.3 Mixed 85.3 63% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.37 82% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

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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	851x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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