Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	185% 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 20 '19 at 22:54
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 721 80% 629 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98% 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: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3575 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 97% 116 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.2 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.2% 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% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 888 256 255 265 257 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 981 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 464 217% 972 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 61.7 219% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 712 546% 737 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 223%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 461GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 812 916 940 811 615 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1392 Write 1,176 Mixed 647 SusWrite 777 223% 998 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 64.2 230% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1129 DQ Write 1,024 DQ Mixed 695 626% 949 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 465GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 275 297 295 333 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 227 Mixed 290 SusWrite 300 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 58.8 210% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 256 212% 307 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% 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)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 28.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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	562x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	324x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16