Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.2% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.2 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	Apr 22 '22 at 02:07
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (49^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)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 521 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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	77.2% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.7 78% 103 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 88.4 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 218 216 218 204 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 214 Write 365 Mixed 194 SusWrite 196 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 38.7 113% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 285 219% 300 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 337GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 652 675 691 696 698 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 587 Write 674 Mixed 477 SusWrite 625 133% 591 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 47.7 192% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 940 650% 804 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 230%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 148 148 151 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 144 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 467GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 141 141 143 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 129 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 137 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 124 125 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 114 Write 87 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 124 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 97%
SAMSUNG MZ7PC512HAGH-000 512GB 191GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.5% Good	Read 42.1 Write 42.2 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 5.3 43% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 13 1,121% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.4 DQ Write 19.5 DQ Mixed 13.8 1,175% 14.9 MB/s

KINGSTON SV300S37A120G 120GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 42GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 41.4 Write 42.7 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 36.3 54% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 14.7 1,203% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 21.1 DQ Mixed 15.2 1,286% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 151%

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% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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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