Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	59.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	21.6 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	31.7 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 10:07
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 559 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 98.1 Parallax 91.5 113% 109 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 86 Splatting 71.1 65% 80 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 157688312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -113567525231456 (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 30 48 81607524382 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 81607524382 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 157688312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 157688312 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 157688312 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37415 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5288 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5288 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2273 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966095	59.3% Above average	Read 486 Write 232 Mixed 226 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 15.5 66% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 43.2 56% 105 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% 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 as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 64827830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 120173184969176 (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 29 52 60132950045 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 60132950045 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 64827830 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 64827830 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 64827830 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 56515 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3498 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3498 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2600 (F4) Unknown 87 87 327745934	52.5% Above average	Read 470 Write 93.8 Mixed 129 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 6.35 86% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 72.4 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 24.5 38% 70.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% 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 28568 (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 171 171 210454446115 (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 (17^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 38381 (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	27.7% Poor	Read 49.6 Write 46.5 Mixed 43.5 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.44 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.7% 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)	19.6% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 42.7 Mixed 15.9 40% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% 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)	19.2% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 35 Mixed 31.4 44% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.2% 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 (41^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 63%

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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	322x
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 $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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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 $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