Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 16:40
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 255 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 692 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2212 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 91% 112 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 94 81 68 94 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 158 Write 114 Mixed 129 SusWrite 84.8 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.1 136% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 107 85% 119 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 88GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 384 358 275 416 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 462 Mixed 363 SusWrite 372 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49.9 186% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000H1 256GB 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 238GB free Firmware: MAV01H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 313 285 213 312 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 480 Mixed 404 SusWrite 298 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 64.8 222% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 149 113 165 164 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 43.5 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 152 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 155GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 96 70 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 87 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 96.8 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 37 34 14 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 155 Write 37 Mixed 61 SusWrite 25 75% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.7 135% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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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	320x
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	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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