Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	118% 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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '22 at 20:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	64%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 239 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 676 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 84% 107 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 332 334 419 454 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 306 Mixed 443 SusWrite 378 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.2 197% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 238 195% 275 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 107%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 87GB free Firmware: V8X01c86 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 301 301 80 1 81 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 368 Write 365 Mixed 313 SusWrite 173 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 34 125% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 193 146% 193 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 103%
SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 9,764 User benchmarks, average bench 312% 95GB free Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 656 673 677 688 690 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 685 Mixed 667 SusWrite 661 155% 687 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 82.2 270% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 714 DQ Mixed 908 636% 798 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 187% 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 33.1 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	561x
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 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16