Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '16 at 03:44
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 427 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.33% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 11.8 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 13.7 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ACSC2M064S25 63GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20151120 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 98 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 61958 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 29 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12632 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11470 (F5) Unknown 100 100 68315	59.7% Above average	Read 480 Write 183 Mixed 269 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 3.51 79% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 22.6 59% 125 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 586 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 13 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 488308765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 503 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 188 Mixed 171 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 114 114 17192976587 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1494 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1494 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 167504969757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 171 Mixed 154 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 546GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222291768 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1528918 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 54 4295032881 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 14 222291768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -133242770409364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2370047919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1880964262	61.2% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.59 128% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	561x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	323x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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