Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.3% 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	33.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	42.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 02:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 234 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 444 61% 450 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 0974) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 57 49% 60.3 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 50.9 47% 58.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 48 46 46 47 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 188 Write 68.5 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 51.9 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 11.8 62% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 59.3 DQ Mixed 61.3 58% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 46%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 336GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 174 165 178 177 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 319 Write 180 Mixed 213 SusWrite 176 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 22.7 73% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 97.1 74% 101 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 65%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 463GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 93 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 90.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 94.2 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 93 95 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 97.8 Write 96.3 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 93.5 115% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,164 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	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