Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 01:46
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 339 51% 368 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 64.6 62% 71.8 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 70.8 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3751) CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 20.3 18% 20 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 17 17% 21.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 286 222 215 219 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 555 Write 480 Mixed 326 SusWrite 242 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 47.8 162% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 612 485% 677 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 4TB 781 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 21 19 21 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 203 Write 10.5 Mixed 28 SusWrite 20.7 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 58% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 160%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,170 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	563x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	325x
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	87x
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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16