Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.8% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '22 at 17:39
Run Duration	362 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 208 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 440 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 62.7 50% 65 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 55.1 50% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 471GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 409 369 287 281 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 387 Write 268 Mixed 178 SusWrite 341 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 19.8 99% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 342 220% 247 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 416 437 453 432 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 484 Mixed 375 SusWrite 396 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 55.2 185% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% 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: 72 62 136 142 148 149 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 9.7 Write 0.3 Mixed 26 SusWrite 118 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Write 0.7 39% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 81GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 112 111 110 111 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 159 Write 118 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 113 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 213% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.5% 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