Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	113% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 20:47
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 733 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Device(7377 1501) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 117 Parallax 121 98% 119 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 102 Splatting 86.7 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 141% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 373 293 172 100 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 608 Mixed 613 SusWrite 181 119% 535 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 34.4 191% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 38.8 121% 252 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 197%
Gloway STK1.5TS3-S7 1.5TB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 188 234 272 296 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 447 Write 471 Mixed 331 SusWrite 248 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 42.8 140% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 244 180% 241 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 103%
Gloway STK1.5TS3-S7 1.5TB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 997GB free Firmware: T190611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 187 232 272 295 301 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 441 Write 473 Mixed 330 SusWrite 247 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 42.6 146% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 142 120% 177 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 103%
Tigo 1TB 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 867GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 180 224 261 281 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 450 Mixed 400 SusWrite 236 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.2 191% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 120 144% 247 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%
Gloway STK1.5TS3-S7 1.5TB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 478 479 481 481 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 471 Mixed 333 SusWrite 480 98% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 42.9 139% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 157 132% 195 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%
MD3000GBDS 3TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 07.01E.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 142 143 143 139 142 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 138 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 94%
MD3000GBDS 3TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 07.01E.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 141 141 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 119 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 139 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 94%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 22.7 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 41.6 47% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 25.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

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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	323x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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