Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '16 at 22:47
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 735 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 53.1 36% 46.1 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 37.4 38% 47.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13536 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 171 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6311066088	118% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 398 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.9 191% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 115 144% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16016 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 178 (B1) Unknown 96 96 220 (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 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 71062542486	116% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 401 Mixed 472 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 46.8 178% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 165 177% 294 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD WD5001AALS-00L3B 500GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 213 (03) Spinup time 163 160 4833 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20441 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 34 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 80.5 Mixed 87.4 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.53 131% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 55%
USB2.0 USB Flash Drive 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.68% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 7.3 Mixed 9.27 14% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.84 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.007 26% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.68% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 64%

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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	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 $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