Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28% 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	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 06:52
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 177 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 243 34% 252 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 0984) 2GB CLim: 1282 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 41.2 26% 35.6 fps	MRender 42.7 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 34.7 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD 240GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 125 130 110 120 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 151 Write 181 Mixed 150 SusWrite 128 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 25.5 109% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 151 121% 169 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 17.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 18.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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