Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.8% 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)
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 02:31
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 81.4 2-Core 171 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 336 43% 326 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 841B) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 34 Parallax 42.9 28% 37.2 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 34.4 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 348 342 321 329 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 442 Write 317 Mixed 299 SusWrite 314 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 8.7 29% 8.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 173 171% 277 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 118%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 115 110 115 113 97 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 289 Write 99.9 Mixed 130 SusWrite 107 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 9.5 37% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 48.5 DQ Mixed 61.6 51% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 9905403-437.A01LF 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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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 1,169 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	324x
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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16