Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.9% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 273 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 698 67% 553 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 56.3 59% 66.8 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 76.5 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,501 Write 989 Mixed 764 239% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 57.4 213% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 385 255% 300 MB/s
Poor: 109% Great: 220%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 486 Mixed 316 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 39.5 170% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 188 141% 186 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 510GB free Firmware: MK7O SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 101 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 453GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 103 103 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 71.1 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 102 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 92GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 66.6 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 88.3 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 552GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 102 102 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 101 SusWrite 102 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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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	850x
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 $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 $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