Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% 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	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.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '22 at 09:46
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 233 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 462 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.05 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 187 Parallax 173 136% 176 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 174 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 163 163 163 161 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 361 Write 404 Mixed 262 SusWrite 161 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39.6 156% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 304 232% 316 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 369GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 554 560 575 569 572 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 549 Write 718 Mixed 520 SusWrite 561 133% 587 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 50.1 204% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 730 DQ Mixed 898 630% 791 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 230%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 185GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 302 303 308 305 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 716 Write 597 Mixed 542 SusWrite 304 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.7 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 518 408% 574 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 283%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 149 148 150 151 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 136 Write 140 Mixed 101 SusWrite 148 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 157 158 159 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 179 Mixed 103 SusWrite 158 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.5% 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	323x
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	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $177	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