Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 01:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 718 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 50 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 46.9 41% 51.5 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 50 Splatting 65.2 51% 62.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 64GB-$39 408 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 34GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 262 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 84239 (A5) Unknown 100 100 113 (A6) Unknown 100 100 15 (A7) Unknown 100 100 82 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 135 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127216 (F2) Unknown 100 100 274731 (F5) Unknown 100 100 168478	63% Good	Read 415 Write 77.3 Mixed 129 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 27.5 122% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 23.3 42% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 66%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27416 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 491 (B1) Unknown 58 58 504 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 282 (F1) Unknown 99 99 93957117729	87.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 342 Mixed 332 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 21.3 144% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 21.6 50% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 52GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10219 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 64 9269 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12196 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31092 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 199 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176093986841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 89 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 516774	48.9% Average	Read 75.4 Write 94.4 Mixed 88.5 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.62 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1302 1866EL Series KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1302 1866EL Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

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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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Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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