Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing 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 Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 446 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.3% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 84.9 54% 72.7 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 50.4 54% 67.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SVP100S2256G 256GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: CJRA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1206 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 73 50 214749413403 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	45.8% Average	Read 198 Write 190 Mixed 186 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 15.6 81% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 13.6 20% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 401GB free Firmware: 02.03B03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 185 1441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2702 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2121 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.35 107% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 64%
GB0500EAFYL 500GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 143GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 230 186 1475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2376 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 1180 (BC) Unknown 100 81 12885098526 (BE) vendor-specific 68 39 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1826 (C2) HDA temperature 115 86 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 98 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	58.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 96 Mixed 99.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,179 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	568x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	326x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	184x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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	39x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359