Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	90.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 00:59
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 110 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 426 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 201 Parallax 191 146% 190 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 193 Splatting 132 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 864 850 857 861 850 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,500 Write 2,405 Mixed 1,923 SusWrite 863 430% 1,923 MB/s	4K Read 69.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 96.5 328% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 848 641% 864 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 355%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 33GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 177 177 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 448 Write 182 Mixed 229 SusWrite 176 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.7 156% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 166 145% 219 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 661GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 155 155 156 156 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 128 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 153 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 112%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 250GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 233GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 64 49 46 44 45 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 158 Write 65.2 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 50.9 103% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.5 131% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%

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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	562x
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 $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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16