Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-AR  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 22 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4771-$129
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 112
2-Core 228
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 545
62% 483 Pts
64-Core 592
37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
63.1% Good
Lighting 79.9
Reflection 83.5
Parallax 74.3
65% 79.2 fps
MRender 80.3
Gravity 73.5
Splatting 66.1
59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150
477GB free
Firmware: RVM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 415 482 477 485 487 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 491
Mixed 453
SusWrite 471
109% 483 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 63.3
220% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 134%
Great: 133%
Corsair FORCE LX SSD 59GB
42GB free
Firmware: N030
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 122 141 141 123 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
80.2% Excellent
Read 513
Write 142
Mixed 206
SusWrite 135
55% 249 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 40
151% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 78.9
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 90.8
74% 104 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 161 108 167 125 120 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Read 152
Write 110
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 133
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 12.5
40% 13.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 14.6
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 51.6
78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 44%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $788
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