Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 03:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 418 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%

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: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 67.2 61% 73.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 71.2 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SABRENT 1TB 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 536 Write 587 Mixed 551 420% 558 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 71.2 12,026% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 1251 10,043% 930 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 435GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,317 Write 41.7 Mixed 64.2 1,056% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 671 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.3 28,242% 225 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 35 36 34 30 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 534GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 148 148 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 147 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 154 157 157 158 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 152 Mixed 114 SusWrite 158 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 347% 3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 28GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.7 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 52%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	856x
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	206x
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 $79Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16