Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 06:47
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 406 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% HP(103C 82B2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 20 19% 19.9 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 16.8 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 87 89 80 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 242 Write 123 Mixed 168 SusWrite 86.2 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36 147% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 71.5 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 103 75% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 269GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 404 406 407 408 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 473 Mixed 385 SusWrite 406 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 47.4 184% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 290 235% 334 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%
Fujitsu MHV2080BH PL 80GB 522 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 66GB free Firmware: 892C SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 36 33 34 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 27.7 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 34.2 23% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 21%
Seagate ST9750423AS 750GB-$74 3,332 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 432GB free Firmware: 0001HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 75 76 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 66.5 Write 50.5 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 75.1 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 913GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 185 182 179 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 166 Mixed 103 SusWrite 181 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 112 Write 140 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 123 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% 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