Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	144% 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, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 03:44
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 646 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 123 Parallax 138 106% 130 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 126 Splatting 100 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 580 592 564 561 556 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 606 Write 542 Mixed 527 SusWrite 570 126% 561 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 58.9 211% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 218 226% 364 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 242%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 86 86 86 86 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 380 Write 371 Mixed 335 SusWrite 124 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 18 120% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 33.2 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 492GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 157 Write 107 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 111 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 121 121 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 134 Mixed 75 SusWrite 121 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.6% Terrible	Read 29.8 Write 6.5 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 10.3 14% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.6% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,163 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	322x
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 $109Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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