Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 161% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	195% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 657 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3892) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Lighting 288 Reflection 252 Parallax 322 235% 287 fps	MRender 303 Gravity 235 Splatting 171 186% 236 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 194 Write 184 Mixed 173 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 25.8 105% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82.6 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 169 119% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 484GB free Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 623 637 654 659 650 657 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 577 Write 580 Mixed 570 SusWrite 647 134% 593 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 65.6 197% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 751 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 890 630% 796 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 472%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 944GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 173 174 159 162 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 87.9 Write 138 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 166 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 83GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 131 128 113 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 178 Write 163 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 124 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.4% 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 $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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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