Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.3% 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 (17%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 08:00
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 161 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 456 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.9% Good	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 104 Parallax 97.5 60% 91.9 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 95.7 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 132 125 113 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 422 Mixed 369 SusWrite 152 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 45.6 160% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 343 253% 334 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 367GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 151 135 137 132 140 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 107 SusWrite 138 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 1302 160C0 V3 Series 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 1302 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	568x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	326x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	184x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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	39x

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