Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	83.7% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 710 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 238GB free Firmware: X231706 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 96 96 1764 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 941 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 146037800961 (AE) Unknown 100 100 400 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 36 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 403 Write 393 Mixed 373 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.5 128% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 17.2 69% 153 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1784 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 312 (A9) Unknown 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 194 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 201864577054 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 50691 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20984 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25662 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 425 Write 435 Mixed 333 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 17.9 128% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 18.4 30% 55.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 731GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 792 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2047 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35617001 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1752 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2112 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 6 792 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67452461396656 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2586577790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2410604214	51.2% Above average	Read 68.4 Write 110 Mixed 97 70% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.63 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 34.3 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $46

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