Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '21 at 14:10
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 604 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 220 1,709 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 5220) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.88% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.53 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.88% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 165 168 171 165 168 MB/s Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.1% Very good	Read 230 Write 253 Mixed 235 SusWrite 171 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 37.4 141% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 143 131% 200 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 86%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 200GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 80.2 Write 50.9 Mixed 47 SusWrite 86 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 70%

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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	8	6	60	18.5"	1280 720	AOC1950 1950W

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,159 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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