Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.6% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 16:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 422 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 62 Parallax 82.3 53% 69.7 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 78.5 54% 64.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 80 80 73 76 89 MB/s Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.6% Good	Read 261 Write 121 Mixed 166 SusWrite 80.7 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31.7 138% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 78.5 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 357 Mixed 250 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 15.4 123% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 86.6 109% 188 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 129 132 133 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 93.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 132 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 16GB 5,753 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 8.7 9 9.4 7.9 9.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 13.8 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 8.6 16% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.2 238% 4.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 24.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

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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	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