Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.5% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.6 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	Dec 01 '19 at 08:13
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 535 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 105A) 3GB CLim: 1432 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 75.5 1% 45.1 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 56.1 55% 68.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 119 131 149 128 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 320 Write 210 Mixed 231 SusWrite 140 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.6 154% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 164 122% 157 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%
HP M700 240GB 1,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 16GB free Firmware: Q1117B1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 518 Write 422 Mixed 431 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 35.5 184% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 48.1 98% 194 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 105%
Apple SM0512G PCIe 500GB 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 95GB free Firmware: BXW1SA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1056 1385 1471 1476 1433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,358 Write 1,379 Mixed 938 SusWrite 1,382 285% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 65.3 227% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 559 403% 525 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 232% 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)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	563x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	325x
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	87x
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 $139Bench 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 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16