Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 01:49
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 490 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 115% 137 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 734GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 409 406 436 438 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 492 Mixed 444 SusWrite 416 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 77.5 266% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 211 200 202 201 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 327 Mixed 362 SusWrite 226 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 70.6 248% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 120GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 395 365 311 299 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 388 SusWrite 338 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 73.3 255% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 522GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 91 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 101 SusWrite 90.5 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3200826AS 200GB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 115GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 54 55 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 15 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 55 30% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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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	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

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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