Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 18:56
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 131 2-Core 240 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 665 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 55.2 36% 44.1 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 40.3 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18325273 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -85907935842185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1136 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 75 68724391964 (C2) HDA temperature 28 75 68724391964 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18325273 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18325273 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18325273 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22419 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7160 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7160 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9947	70.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 114 Mixed 172 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.9 127% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 34.6 61% 122 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$70 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 422GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 91 1900572 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 116 116 25791103301 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2304 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10139 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184684707871 (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 2	60.6% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 99.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 74%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 814GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.2 Mixed 12.8 34% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.08 9% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-10-10 D3-1866 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1866 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	863x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	252x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	208x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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