Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	157% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 04:54
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 455 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1090 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 63.1 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 84.4 51% 75 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 47 47% 58.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 621 631 613 612 612 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 622 Write 616 Mixed 611 SusWrite 624 140% 618 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.7 193% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 736 DQ Mixed 1,055 710% 856 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 296%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 786GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 24 31 21 31 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 48 Write 34.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 25.7 29% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	323x
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 $273	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 $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 $45	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