Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	31 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 612 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 154871892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 98286031611024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 48 81607524383 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 81607524383 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 154871892 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 154871892 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 154871892 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37344 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5281 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5281 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2267 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966095	56.8% Above average	Read 486 Write 216 Mixed 165 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 17.4 61% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 44.4 54% 96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 66%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 61487823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 -117166707807799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 158 (B1) Unknown 0 0 165 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 52 60132950046 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 60132950046 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 61487823 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 61487823 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 61487823 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 56425 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3496 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3496 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2598 (F4) Unknown 87 87 327745933	44.3% Average	Read 442 Write 72.7 Mixed 124 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 8.46 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 7.03 67% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 71.5 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 15 28% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 260GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 138 138 21491351847 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 117 117 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 244 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 210454446116 (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 8
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 89GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2499 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2494 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 36 (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	27.3% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 45.5 Mixed 44.6 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 49%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 279GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 41 Write 42.7 Mixed 28.6 47% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 1,616 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 123GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 36.2 Mixed 31.7 45% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

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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	560x
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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Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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