Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% 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	82.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '22 at 23:41
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 243 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 701 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2351 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 108 86% 110 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 87% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 188 174 225 107 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 401 Write 391 Mixed 355 SusWrite 133 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 41.4 156% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 12.5 70% 160 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 94%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 439GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 490 482 475 480 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 487 Mixed 468 SusWrite 483 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 68.1 226% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1600, 1800, 1600, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 81%

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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 1,163 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	560x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	322x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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