Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.9 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	Jul 22 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 518 68% 513 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 55.2 36% 43.7 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.5 30% 35.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18057083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -46840913321460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 44 51542491172 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 51542491172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18057083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18057083 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18057083 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15360 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8511 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8511 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10110 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196673644	62.2% Good	Read 514 Write 111 Mixed 146 55% 257 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 14 105% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 83.1 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 27.3 41% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 300GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93413608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120452902 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1607 (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 59 55 26459177001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54531 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 -140737488355287 (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 140020228824514 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31647208992 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36462387957	104% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 170 Mixed 160 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
187 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID fafa Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.46% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 4.15 Mixed 6.27 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.008 25% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.46% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $90Bench 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 $178	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