Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% 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	177% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 15:10
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 711 79% 621 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2063) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 111 Parallax 115 95% 114 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 80.3 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 968 594 302 262 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,156 Write 984 Mixed 977 SusWrite 542 205% 915 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 55.8 212% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 786 DQ Mixed 711 544% 732 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 223%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 455GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 734 827 798 797 719 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,294 Write 1,060 Mixed 568 SusWrite 732 204% 913 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 56.5 204% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,130 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 699 624% 943 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 352 385 375 375 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 361 Write 360 Mixed 335 SusWrite 354 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 22.6 80% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 52.6 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 52.3 38% 50 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 28.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $184	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