Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% 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	80.5% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 267 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 527 68% 514 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1210) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 221 Parallax 196 164% 206 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 200 Splatting 107 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 70 56 56 58 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 470 Write 205 Mixed 277 SusWrite 78.4 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 32.7 153% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 173 152% 225 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 95GB free Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 223 223 223 223 223 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 387 Write 224 Mixed 194 SusWrite 223 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.8 143% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 114 113% 179 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 828GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 163 163 163 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 162 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 108 136% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-4GSR Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-2400C11-4GSR Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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