Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 23:55
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 663 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3730) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 126 Parallax 130 108% 130 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 127 Splatting 102 107% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 435 433 436 438 438 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 572 Write 586 Mixed 551 SusWrite 453 122% 541 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 61 198% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 788 578% 755 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 228%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 108GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 392 404 407 413 404 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 419 Mixed 360 SusWrite 407 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 31.1 108% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 288 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 117%
Dell Portable 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 813GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 79.8 Write 65.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 83.8 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 68%
Dell Portable 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 324GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 41.8 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 68%
Generic- SD/MMC 2GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 0151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 17.5 Write 8.5 Mixed 6.5 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 0439 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.3 7 7 7 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.59% Terrible	Read 6 Write 4.2 Mixed 3.3 SusWrite 6.7 7% 5.05 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.59% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 80%

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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	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	182x
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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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