Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '24 at 18:44
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 382 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.2 78% 101 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 97.5 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Predator GM7 M.2 2TB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 500% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SN10191 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 634 661 685 681 680 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 615 Write 551 Mixed 543 SusWrite 617 131% 581 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 73.6 242% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 714 DQ Mixed 947 654% 809 MB/s
Poor: 285% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 650%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 97GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 87 89 89 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 88.2 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 502GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 147 145 143 147 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 142 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 536GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 92 90 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 80.5 Write 51.9 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 90.5 49% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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 below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32% 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 2: 0P 0R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
2%	4%	51	215	57	60	24"	1280 720	HPN337B HP 24o

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,169 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	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 $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 $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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16