Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '19 at 22:34
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 474 66% 486 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 93.2 58% 76.1 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 57 Splatting 81.3 56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 205 187 175 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 269 Mixed 266 SusWrite 194 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.5 167% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 228 180% 250 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 94%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 343GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 555 657 647 610 611 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 765 Write 673 Mixed 675 SusWrite 620 154% 683 MB/s	4K Read 71.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 95.7 321% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 1,102 724% 854 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 21.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,159 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	560x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	320x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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