Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	88% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 23:17
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 649 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 480GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9240681 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 377 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 188979806241 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128849018910 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 425 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2164 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1849 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1938 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88% Excellent	Read 511 Write 504 Mixed 448 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 21.1 113% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 18.1 31% 58 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%
ST31000528AS 120GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 110GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5640493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -23201413315960 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1558 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 75 68724391967 (C2) HDA temperature 31 75 68724391967 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5640493 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5640493 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5640493 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32394 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11049 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11049 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14162	69.3% Good	Read 496 Write 134 Mixed 178 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 21.4 128% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 13.3 30% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 86111123 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4567503 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -139955804307013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 521273374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1768 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82987358092946 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2151909977 (F2) Unknown 100 253 572150953	92.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 165 Mixed 141 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 96%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 775GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791037763 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2716 (C0) Power-off retract count 78 78 26519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 26519 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684707873 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	69.9% Good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 102 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 74%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 772GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 35.9 Mixed 31.2 44% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.12 11% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-10-10 D3-1866 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1866 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 59%

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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	856x
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	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	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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16