Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '22 at 17:06
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 392 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 62.5 50% 65 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 55.5 48% 58.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 471GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 370 366 274 281 297 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 465 Mixed 376 SusWrite 325 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 37.7 129% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 339 253% 336 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 357 333 309 320 308 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 464 Mixed 380 SusWrite 333 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.8 192% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 34 82 117 112 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 132 Write 140 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 99 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 81GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 112 111 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 163 Write 119 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 113 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 215% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 174%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT25664BD160B.M8FM 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 CT25664BD160B.M8FM 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,170 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	563x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	325x
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	87x
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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16