Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	110% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 23:24
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 663 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	140% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 194 Parallax 200 162% 198 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 152 Splatting 132 125% 156 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cl1-3d256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22301111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 229 220 134 171 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 601 Mixed 612 SusWrite 187 119% 533 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 26.6 162% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 331 294% 439 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 173%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 186GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 350 448 475 414 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 480 Mixed 440 SusWrite 380 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.9 224% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA1600C11V2 2x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 58%

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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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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