Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 09:46
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 179 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 475 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 169 Parallax 144 112% 150 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 169 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 100 100 214 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 0 0 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201863462950 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4881665077 (F7) Unknown 100 100 81129116 (F8) Unknown 100 100 203637860	83.3% Excellent	Read 509 Write 398 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 21.2 123% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 21.5 27% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184502536 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166361099 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 38 7379258507294 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1021 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42113 (C2) HDA temperature 30 62 51539607582 (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 43443594222100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94776399930 (F2) Unknown 100 253 118970286743	79.4% Very good	Read 158 Write 118 Mixed 128 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 5.21 4K Mixed 0.43 162% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 859GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123388064 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5108360470 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2029 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131215 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 72 35 15840344080412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9475 (C2) HDA temperature 28 65 51539607580 (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 66378719592030 (F1) Unknown 100 253 142105221538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135297178591	95.5% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 176 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.78 224% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	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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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