Asus Z97-A-USB31

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.9% 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	63.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 04:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 193 61% 111 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 665 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.9% Below average	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 71.9 20% 46.5 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.1 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 148950337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -118120190538330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 342 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 59 60133408807 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 148950337 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 148950337 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 148950337 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19585 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11806 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11806 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5050	63.5% Good	Read 484 Write 233 Mixed 312 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 14.3 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 75.8 74% 117 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 798GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 173 173 34379923812 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 25 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2195 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 231929217065 (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 0	64.6% Good	Read 103 Write 122 Mixed 83.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.33 109% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 4x4GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16