Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% 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	128% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 22:36
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 474 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 60.5 50% 63.5 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 53.7 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 429 441 445 443 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 485 Mixed 377 SusWrite 437 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.1 208% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 435 443 448 447 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 484 Mixed 411 SusWrite 440 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.2 218% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 181 172 173 172 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 250 Write 130 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 177 189% 154 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 8.6 715% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 10.8 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 9.3 737% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 79%

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

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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	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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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 $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