Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 35% Sail boat


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 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36% 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '19 at 19:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 509 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.7 38% 44.3 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 121 136 134 137 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 407 Write 133 Mixed 194 SusWrite 132 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.6 148% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 114 100% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 371GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2264 621 624 624 624 624 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,161 Write 2,053 Mixed 1474 SusWrite 897 368% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 91.3 300% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,866 DQ Write 1684 DQ Mixed 1,700 1,296% 1750 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 340%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 578GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 85 88 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 86.7 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 26.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

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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	849x
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