Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 10:21
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 208 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 647 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 86% 106 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.4 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 274 274 266 275 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 437 Write 150 Mixed 297 SusWrite 252 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.6 138% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 258 199% 276 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 164GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 525 509 521 517 517 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 591 Write 535 Mixed 548 SusWrite 476 121% 538 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 68.1 234% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 1,048 697% 831 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 340%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 150GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 288 286 290 287 287 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 424 Mixed 262 SusWrite 265 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.6 142% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 252 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 117%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 180 180 183 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 77.7 Mixed 110 SusWrite 174 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 418% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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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	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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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