Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	498% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 23:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 480 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 105 58% 77.7 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 72.2 55% 66.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	498% Outstanding	Read 4,390 Write 87.3 Mixed 170 323% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 787 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 5.25 1,201% 266 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 498% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 28GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2767 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 243 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 103 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2225094672
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 7GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	512% Outstanding	Read 4,390 Write 89.7 Mixed 179 324% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 822 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 4.97 1,255% 278 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 512% Great: 157%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 24.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

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

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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	560x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	320x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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