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 (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	79.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 06:48
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 574 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 73 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 49152 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12823 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3283 (AA) Unknown 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 319 (AE) Unknown 100 100 272 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7954315543828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3007 (C2) HDA temperature 62 229 549747490854 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	79.3% Very good	Read 487 Write 253 Mixed 242 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 19.7 123% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 44.1 74% 142 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 267GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^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 1735 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5840 (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 75 75 10279 (0A) Spinup retry count 216 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3261 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 105692 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193273987104 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2599 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 269 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	39.5% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 69.3 Mixed 34.2 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.16 61% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 187GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 139 139 21491548450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1329 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1338 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188978757667 (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 200 200 2	87.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 155 Mixed 7.14 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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