Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% 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	99.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '17 at 18:01
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670S 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 430 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 39.4 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 33.8 32% 34.9 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 37.5 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 86GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 201862306	114% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.8 182% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 108 134% 237 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4927 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2156 (B1) Unknown 95 95 98 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23832377014	99.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 414 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.6 159% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 68.7 80% 130 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 115%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 413GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 97.3 133% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 44%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 250 Write 109 Mixed 114 175% 158 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 8.66 4K Mixed 4.12 473% 7.72 MB/s	DQ Read 10.4 DQ Write 8.68 DQ Mixed 4.12 474% 7.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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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	850x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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