Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '22 at 23:17
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 184 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 425 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 80% 105 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 100 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 348 Mixed 330 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 51 160% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 267% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 309GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 98.2 Mixed 53.3 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 106 147 150 149 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 109 Write 71.8 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 118 60% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 857GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 80.2 Mixed 43.6 47% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 58%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 316GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 56 88 89 89 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 100 Write 29.4 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 69.2 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 52%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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