Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.5% 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	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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Memory 42.6 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 208 55% 109 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 350 43% 330 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E810) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 8.19 9% 9.81 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 12.8 8% 9.54 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 395 398 397 412 395 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 290 Mixed 319 SusWrite 396 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 35 114% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 190 179% 279 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 121 122 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 411 Write 118 Mixed 138 SusWrite 121 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 25.8 96% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 60.2 51% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 191 21% 191 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.7% 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 1,161 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	560x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	321x
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	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

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

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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