Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.5% 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	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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 05:32
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 651 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 144 Parallax 130 103% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 122 Splatting 108 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 112 137 137 141 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 181 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 124 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 377GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 82 82 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 70.8 Write 71.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 80.6 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 719GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 110 115 115 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 67 SusWrite 111 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 100%
HP Desktop HD BD07 1TB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 766GB free, PID bd07 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 125 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 87.2 Write 86.7 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 125 124% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 41.7 54% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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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	321x
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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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