Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% 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	80.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 120 2-Core 249 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 628 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 933 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 52.3 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 36.9 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6818 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 502 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2949234 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5785	80.6% Excellent	Read 506 Write 325 Mixed 461 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 12.2 114% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 12 61% 128 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65620808 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8604989256 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 173469 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 55834574882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25353191944184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10968780708010 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29506514771794	93% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 164 Mixed 136 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 114%
Generic Flash HS-CF 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 2228 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Read 9.02 Write 7.88 Mixed 8.56 11% 8.49 MB/s	4K Read 1.73 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.74 70% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 1302 1600 CL10 Series 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	563x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	325x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	183x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	36x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

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 $163	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