Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.7% 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	171% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '24 at 16:21
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 195 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 333 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 100 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Predator GM7 M.2 2TB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 500% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SN10191 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 630 639 689 693 695 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 710 Write 691 Mixed 686 SusWrite 630 153% 679 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 69 228% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 930 646% 804 MB/s
Poor: 285% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 650%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 147GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 99 101 101 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 74.4 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 100 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 478GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 144 145 145 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 119 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 145 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 540GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 74 71 74 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 78 Write 77.6 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 73.4 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 52%

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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	60	60	24"	1280 720	HPN337B HP 24o

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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	566x
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	184x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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