Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '20 at 20:43
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 615 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 39.2 38% 39.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 37 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC600256G 256GB 6,756 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: S4500104 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 428 Mixed 398 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59 196% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 259 214% 304 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 381GB free Firmware: KC65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 123 122 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 104 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 122 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 850GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 99 100 98 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 89.6 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 98.8 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 64%

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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	322x
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 $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 $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 $40	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