Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '20 at 14:01
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 691 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 809D) CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 27.7 19% 27.2 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 32.4 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 409 Mixed 329 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35 141% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 253 205% 287 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 3,439 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 208 214 214 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 125 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 209 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%

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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 1,170 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16