Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 14:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 200 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 478 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 101% 129 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 121 Splatting 102 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 646 Write 396 Mixed 353 103% 465 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 34.2 132% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 667 476% 617 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 87 91 91 96 91 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54% Above average	Read 260 Write 131 Mixed 181 SusWrite 91.2 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 25.8 110% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 73%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 78 78 79 83 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 65 Write 64 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 76 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 87%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 64GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 31GB free, PID dc1a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 93 96 60 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 187 Write 91 Mixed 99 SusWrite 76.6 138% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 10% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR1333D364L9/8G 2x8GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	849x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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