Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 18:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 693 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 69.2 66% 76.2 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 73.7 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 167GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1681 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 834 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12495002820	102% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 349 Mixed 401 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 48.9 167% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 90.3 DQ Mixed 131 113% 172 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,886 Write 1,083 Mixed 1,112 300% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.5 202% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 467 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 159 171% 291 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 78778242 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23982866 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -9225589750539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 622395429 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8569 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 64424509477 (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 -40484361731141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11753497704 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5427844520	93.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 159 Mixed 123 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 552GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 2525 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1870 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2217 (C2) HDA temperature 100 82 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 139 Mixed 160 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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