Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 11:13
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 668 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 23.9 13% 22.8 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 21.8 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 155 172 165 162 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 344 Write 209 Mixed 238 SusWrite 165 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.7 173% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 128 117% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 925GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 208 208 210 210 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 187 Mixed 94.4 SusWrite 208 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	31.5"	1280 720	LEN65F8 LEN C32q-20

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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