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Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	43.3% 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	119% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 10:46
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 698 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.3% Average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 53.1 Parallax 59.5 40% 54 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 53.4 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 221 210 232 218 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 493 Mixed 374 SusWrite 248 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.6 215% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 123GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 347 288 285 284 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 494 Mixed 392 SusWrite 329 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.7 223% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 1x8GB 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,210 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	579x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	36x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	41x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

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