Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 13:20
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 662 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% 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)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 86% 105 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 95.1 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,511 Write 5,726 Mixed 5,721 1,335% 5,986 MB/s	4K Read 557 4K Write 297 4K Mixed 216 1,278% 357 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 940 727% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 71% 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: 604 596 595 592 596 591 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 611 Write 563 Mixed 549 SusWrite 596 131% 580 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 85.3 275% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 1004 674% 813 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 340%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 150GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 375 372 371 371 370 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 428 Mixed 316 SusWrite 376 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 35.9 145% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 139 162% 279 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 117%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 175 183 183 182 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 171 Mixed 133 SusWrite 178 115% 155 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 395% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,159 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	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