Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.9% 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	75.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 10:06
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 516 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 85.4 58% 73.5 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 80.8 57% 68.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 130 143 128 135 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 330 Write 214 Mixed 228 SusWrite 137 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 40.1 148% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 161 129% 179 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%
HP M700 240GB 1,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 16GB free Firmware: Q1117B1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 517 Write 464 Mixed 191 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 15.4 124% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 30.1 66% 137 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 105%
Apple SM0512G PCIe 500GB 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 171GB free Firmware: BXW1SA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 922 732 649 645 622 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,558 Write 1,456 Mixed 965 SusWrite 787 267% 1,192 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 64.1 234% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 586 420% 544 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 223%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 2x8GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 62%

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

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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	322x
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 $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 $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 $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