Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 05:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 706 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1480 MHz, MLim: 2025 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.40.21.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 27.3 21% 27.7 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 61.3 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,964 Write 5,717 Mixed 6,211 1,403% 6,297 MB/s	4K Read 652 4K Write 348 4K Mixed 429 1,722% 476 MB/s	DQ Read 1,346 DQ Write 1,009 DQ Mixed 1,026 808% 1,127 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1917 833 606 607 606 604 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 1,780 Mixed 836 SusWrite 862 309% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 64.9 270% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 920 723% 996 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0821 16G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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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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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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