Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3-$300 297 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 201 82% 138 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 637 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 70.2 65% 76.8 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 410 176 133 133 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 462 Mixed 384 SusWrite 233 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.4 156% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 266 203% 271 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 469GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 425 475 487 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 473 Mixed 417 SusWrite 467 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 67.5 229% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%

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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%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	560x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	321x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	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 $179	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16