Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.6% 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	82% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '22 at 11:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 566 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 39.6 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 42.4 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 33.4 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Dtate 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: H220115 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 53 50 53 52 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82% Excellent	Read 430 Write 417 Mixed 368 SusWrite 81.3 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 41.3 164% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 197 157% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 138 138 138 134 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 130 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 134 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMP12GX3M3A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMP12GX3M3A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%

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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%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	856x
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 $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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16