Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 698 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 147 Parallax 136 107% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 235 147 146 146 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 740 Write 626 Mixed 385 SusWrite 186 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.6 201% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 604 480% 672 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 201GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 489 587 585 587 593 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 833 Write 724 Mixed 358 SusWrite 527 136% 610 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38 145% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 435 351% 485 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 237%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 181 177 181 180 180 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 176 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 179 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 329% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 164%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 494GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 142 144 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 171 Write 145 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 143 177% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-447.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-447.A00LF 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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

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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	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 $269	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