Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 16:00
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 187 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 198 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 580 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 70.2 60% 74.2 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 66.5 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 88 88 87 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 397 Write 115 Mixed 139 SusWrite 89 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 22 107% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 54.8 86% 170 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%
Synology iSCSI Storage 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 960GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 98 97 98 97 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29% Poor	Read 105 Write 96.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 97.8 23% 100 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 13 45% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 140 97% 119 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 67%
VB0250EAVER 250GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: HPG7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 181 178 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 162 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 181 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 67%

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,170 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	563x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	325x
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	87x
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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16