Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '22 at 06:52
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 380 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 195 Parallax 187 147% 188 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 117% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 296 350 356 353 354 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 348 Write 437 Mixed 309 SusWrite 319 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 37.2 137% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 308 236% 320 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 131GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 776 842 932 928 930 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1038 Write 957 Mixed 634 SusWrite 836 194% 866 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 48.3 187% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 874 677% 938 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 230%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 147GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 459 543 551 549 548 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 601 Mixed 512 SusWrite 496 130% 577 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 53.3 185% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 486 387% 550 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 283%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 148 148 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 125 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 148 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 140 141 137 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 173 Write 96.3 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 140 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1603 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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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	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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16