Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	15.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 30 '22 at 15:25
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 441 56% 425 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 63.6 51% 65.7 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 57.3 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% 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: 275 415 384 278 280 280 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 392 Write 457 Mixed 367 SusWrite 319 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 31.5 125% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 344 255% 338 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 422 425 451 456 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 444 Mixed 377 SusWrite 405 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 62.3 194% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% 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: 105 93 163 162 176 184 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 168 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 147 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 81GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 111 110 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 156 Write 115 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 112 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 217% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 76.8% 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 64%

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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