Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 622 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 97% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 110 88% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 435 454 451 435 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 311 SusWrite 445 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.3 155% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 67.9 130% 260 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 75GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 114 125 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 358 Write 204 Mixed 250 SusWrite 127 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.4 179% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 168 122% 158 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 139 140 141 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 167 Write 169 Mixed 113 SusWrite 139 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 150 152 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 144 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 151 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 101%

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,161 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	321x
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	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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