Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	250% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 01:35
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 635 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 395 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 871D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 112 Parallax 136 102% 124 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 107% 135 fps
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 840 850 854 844 844 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 2,200 Mixed 1,784 SusWrite 780 405% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 71.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 92.5 306% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 98.6 92% 140 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 173 172 177 174 177 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 162 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 183% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 194 194 189 191 177 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 168 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 188 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 230GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 150 150 151 151 151 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 160 Write 124 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 140 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 249GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 153 156 156 152 156 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 71.4 Write 113 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 152 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

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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	320x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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