Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.8% 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	112% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 19:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 661 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 84AD) 1GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 16.9 16% 17.5 fps	MRender 23.3 Gravity 19.3 Splatting 16.6 16% 19.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 229909831	112% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 399 Mixed 414 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 49.9 177% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 129 145% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 71GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 67448167323592 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 633 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 5445875 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 633 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 145875 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 145875 (F2) Unknown 100 100 160710 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12092	76.5% Very good	Read 491 Write 144 Mixed 220 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 21.2 138% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 61 79% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175198256 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3796784 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (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 74 57 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71670 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 68719476762 (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 -126718715089975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8900423283060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8568143000981	55% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 94.2 Mixed 116 78% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 159GB free Firmware: SD17 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229839604 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5438 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 72 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27972304 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 68 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1129 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 292062363720 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 104 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437649434 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 18 229839604 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	39.5% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 66.7 Mixed 77.7 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 2x8GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	851x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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