Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 00:12
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 400 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 435.27 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 106 99% 107 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 172 165 161 166 111 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 400 Write 222 Mixed 246 SusWrite 159 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 40.2 137% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 201 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 414 Write 400 Mixed 356 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 17.4 88% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 28.6 81% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 42GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 355 326 319 326 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 721 Write 596 Mixed 430 SusWrite 337 116% 521 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 44.9 163% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 747 550% 723 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 337GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 145 144 145 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 86.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 144 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 540GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 91 90 91 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 51.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 88.6 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 82%

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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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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