Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 11:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 200 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 585 67% 521 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 63 Parallax 80.1 56% 70.4 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 56.4 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: P190710b SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 463 460 337 229 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 488 Mixed 448 SusWrite 364 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 49.4 179% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 221 170% 225 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 233GB free Firmware: PB2ZC61H SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 83 83 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 81.5 Write 80 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 82.1 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 45%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 33GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 46 47 45 49 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 128 Write 5.2 Mixed 104 SusWrite 45.1 83% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.5 115% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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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	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