Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 17:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 255 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 513 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 150 Parallax 152 130% 154 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 38GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 139 178 177 168 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 497 Mixed 410 SusWrite 191 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.5 172% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 207 193% 296 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 71 67 68 67 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 131 Write 101 Mixed 103 SusWrite 69.8 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 22.9 98% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 72.6 64% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 219GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 110 110 103 105 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 65.3 Write 66.3 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 105 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,159 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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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