Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '21 at 04:31
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 517 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.8 77% 101 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 96 Splatting 86.6 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 271 280 271 274 273 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 481 Mixed 347 SusWrite 254 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.4 170% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 316 240% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 336GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 679 706 710 713 714 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 739 Mixed 514 SusWrite 651 143% 635 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 53.8 220% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 947 656% 812 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 230%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 151 138 152 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 144 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 467GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 142 135 144 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 138 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 124 127 128 128 127 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71% Very good	Read 128 Write 90.8 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 63%

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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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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	323x
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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Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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