Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 443 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 64.8 50% 64 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 52.6 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 85 (A3) Unknown 100 100 67 (A4) Unknown 100 100 69575 (A5) Unknown 100 100 86 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 13 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187880 (F2) Unknown 100 100 190717 (F5) Unknown 100 100 139150	52.7% Above average	Read 481 Write 43.5 Mixed 64.7 42% 196 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 12.4 82% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 66.1 DQ Mixed 44.1 63% 122 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 436GB free Firmware: AX0D5A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1034 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3994 (0A) Spinup retry count 141 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 97505 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749610019 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2322 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.1% Good	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14181 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 37 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.1 Mixed 95.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston 9905474-059.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 51%

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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	854x
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 $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	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 $269	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 $177	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) $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