Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% 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	94.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 21:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 217 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 561 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 208 Parallax 205 162% 204 fps	MRender 235 Gravity 197 Splatting 130 147% 187 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 293 291 286 287 285 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 292 Mixed 274 SusWrite 290 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 38 144% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 241 208% 309 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 128%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 131 142 141 141 117 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 367 Write 164 Mixed 211 SusWrite 136 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 35.1 137% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 167 134% 189 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 206GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 137 138 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 123 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 136 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 201GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 154 157 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 124 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 155 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%

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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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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,170 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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