Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	21.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 01:41
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 656 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 85% 105 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 93 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 68 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29109 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21901 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 154302 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115296 (F5) Unknown 100 100 232872	83% Excellent	Read 500 Write 370 Mixed 429 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 21.9 127% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 20.4 30% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 103%
OCZ VERTEX 128GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 48GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 122 226 0 (0C) Power cycle count 17 2 0 (B8) Unknown 114 1 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 2 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 141 128 92738 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 161 206 41679 (C8) Write error rate 218 230 1164 (C9) Soft read error rate 164 48 482 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 46 172 775 (CB) Run out cancel 123 142 500 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 16 39 0 (CE) Flying height 44 0 0 (CF) Spin high current 13 38 0 (D0) Spin buzz 107 8 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 79 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0 (D4) Unknown 0 0 0 (D5) Unknown 0 0 0	32.1% Below average	Read 228 Write 136 Mixed 105 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 8.03 4K Mixed 4.42 50% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 8.76 DQ Mixed 4.96 7% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 666GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18790867 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16198898 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 639500323 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 17 18790867 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67237713030329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 785007004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3539077972	62% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.47 107% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 457GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210760991 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 580053535 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 59735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 622264353 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 20 210760991 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67302137586962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 391217298 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1624219840	72.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 102 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.63 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 115GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 3066 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 7 68389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 603 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13122 (C2) HDA temperature 106 88 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 75.6 Write 73 Mixed 74.4 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 59%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 795GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 37.9 Mixed 35.2 47% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $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

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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 $182	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) $30	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