Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.4% 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	170% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 504 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 82.7 57% 71.9 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55 Splatting 78.6 55% 65 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 624GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 251 254 269 271 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 446 Mixed 418 SusWrite 247 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.5 188% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 307 247% 347 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 181GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 216 219 224 227 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 289 Mixed 287 SusWrite 211 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 40.3 174% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 222 179% 255 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 314 307 308 304 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 574 Mixed 606 SusWrite 316 123% 551 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 80.3 291% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 1,001 676% 820 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 280%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 872GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 129 131 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 84%
WD My Book 1110 1.5TB 883GB free Firmware: 2003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 38 39 40 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.1% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 40.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 39 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s

Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free, PID ab43 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 162 164 163 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 153 Mixed 122 SusWrite 163 199% 144 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.8 221% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 74%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 245GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 38 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 42 Write 41.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 39.3 51% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1867, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%

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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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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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16