Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '16 at 03:37
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 533 58% 459 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 61.5 54% 66.5 fps	MRender 75.1 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 56.9 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 520GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227330840 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 408533919104 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2309 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 88 97 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 37 7259269103660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9313 (C2) HDA temperature 44 63 103079215148 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 32027571137996 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94215630446 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107586448867	80.9% Excellent	Read 137 Write 145 Mixed 155 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 684GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 114 Write 134 Mixed 83 141% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.41 4K Mixed 0.59 274% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 533GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 57%

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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