Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 14:12
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 440 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 042A) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 43.1 29% 37 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 37.8 27% 31.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.4% Very good	Read 166 Write 170 Mixed 264 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.2 160% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 99.4 123% 217 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 157%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 76GB free Firmware: E120506a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1544 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 35 171800461347 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 396 Write 196 Mixed 241 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 22.1 109% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 60.3 91% 170 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 45%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 76GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4051197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -74251394595809 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 699 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (C2) HDA temperature 26 82 38660079642 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4051197 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4051197 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4051197 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15893 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13880 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13880 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9637	69.2% Good	Read 347 Write 213 Mixed 199 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 20.3 108% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 57.5 93% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 648GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 143 9450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 902559 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 57.9 Mixed 75.7 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%

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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 $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