Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 428 54% 412 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.6 51% 63.7 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 389 438 441 441 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 469 Mixed 372 SusWrite 426 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.4 212% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 257 196% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 394 441 444 445 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 478 Mixed 397 SusWrite 429 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.2 221% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 313 222% 282 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 54GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 178 172 170 171 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 136 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 175 190% 154 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 8.5 717% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 11.2 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 9.3 739% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 79%

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,159 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	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 $131	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) $34	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