Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 07:43
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 698 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 90% 109 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.4 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1615 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 43 244814118961 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7827961866 (F7) Unknown 100 100 245334876 (F8) Unknown 100 100 107358075 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3505 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 483 Write 326 Mixed 338 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 13.3 101% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 13.5 61% 139 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 104%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 130 130 34386477466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 771 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 771 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 236224380973 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 167 Mixed 168 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 0.48 160% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 71.6 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.47 169% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 140 11633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 730 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (10) Unknown 0 200 1365978021 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 723 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 127117712 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4366453335 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 672727080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12921 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 68719476776 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 127117712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92234422680285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20759369980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106984891335
Poor: 34% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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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	561x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	324x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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