Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '21 at 05:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 223 89% 152 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 727 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 84% 109 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 339 338 343 342 342 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 452 Mixed 444 SusWrite 340 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.3 213% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 238 198% 282 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 107%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 149GB free Firmware: V8X01c86 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 306 302 306 306 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 408 Write 376 Mixed 341 SusWrite 305 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 34.5 135% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 193 143% 186 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 103%
SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 9,764 User benchmarks, average bench 312% 109GB free Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 690 686 695 697 697 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 759 Write 699 Mixed 678 SusWrite 691 159% 707 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 88.7 289% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 945 655% 813 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 414%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 28.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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