Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 613 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 119 Parallax 98.7 82% 106 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 806GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 852 Write 498 Mixed 397 128% 582 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 17.9 111% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 49.3 103% 209 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 445%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 989 Mixed 1,342 320% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 48.2 213% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 156 167% 279 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 230%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 225 Mixed 201 156% 207 MB/s	4K Read 2.08 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.51 219% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 293%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x8GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 81%

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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	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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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