Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '23 at 16:24
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 554 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 131 Parallax 93.6 75% 105 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 73 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 600GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 489GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 394 403 442 444 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,285 Write 903 Mixed 883 SusWrite 420 194% 873 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 25.8 128% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 474 DQ Mixed 191 229% 401 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 170%
XPG SPECTRIX S20G 500GB 1,748 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 466GB free Firmware: VC0S036H SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 557 553 587 577 576 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 677 Mixed 620 SusWrite 545 141% 626 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 52.2 172% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 634 474% 630 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 284%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 380GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 115 143 136 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 127 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 137 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 4x4GB 1,430 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2273 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 25.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN36AA HP P24v G4

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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	564x
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	88x
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 $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16