Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 19:12
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 447 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 162 91% 122 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 129 Splatting 130 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 170 82 81 91 80 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 399 Write 406 Mixed 330 SusWrite 145 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 32.8 134% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 189 180% 282 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 100%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 4GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 241 Write 83.5 Mixed 116 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 9.7 60% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 55.2 57% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 44%
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 931GB free Firmware: EGFM11.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 710 676 674 649 644 645 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 579 Write 638 Mixed 607 SusWrite 667 141% 623 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 67.2 208% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 1,184 772% 900 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 472%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5GB free Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 392 Write 150 Mixed 194 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.2 148% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 127 103% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 13GB free Firmware: 31.08F31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 52 Write 52 Mixed 31 SusWrite 55 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	851x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16