Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 03:20
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 413 60% 438 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% HP(103C 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.23 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 10.9 12% 13.3 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 15.6 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 367 375 374 381 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 426 Mixed 384 SusWrite 365 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 41.9 131% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 140 125% 198 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 125%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 885GB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 86 87 89 86 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 83.2 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 86.3 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$46 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 458GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 110 108 112 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 108 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 152 152 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 171 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 153 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 941GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 123 122 125 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 122 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 84%

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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	857x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	207x
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	91x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16