Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	135% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 19:53
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 520 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 120 Parallax 99.6 83% 107 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 346 331 333 324 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 475 Mixed 401 SusWrite 353 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 71.6 254% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 748GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 95 96 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 92.3 Mixed 67 SusWrite 95.4 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 102GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 104 103 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 146 Write 131 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 104 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%
JMicron 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 106 107 106 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 144 Write 112 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 105 142% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 106% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 70%
JMicron 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 216GB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 13 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.91% Terrible	Read 26 Write 13.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 13.4 22% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.91% Great: 172%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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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	183x
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 $40	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