Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.2% 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	94.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '16 at 00:08
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 722 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.512 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 95.7 60% 77.4 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 62 Splatting 80.6 57% 68.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7591 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 44 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15483560605	94.2% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 407 Mixed 414 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 27.8 155% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 27.3 34% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8427 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1471 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159872043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3592 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 297 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	63% Good	Read 132 Write 87.4 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 189 189 34380841246 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2098 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2098 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 227634511916 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.5% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 162 100% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS723020ALA640 2TB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OAAU0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 89 (03) Spinup time 189 189 42972610868 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1666 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1666 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 219044577323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 94.2 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.45 122% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 82%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 836GB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 88.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 72.6 108% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 44%
Toshiba External USB HDD 500GB 634 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 112GB free, PID a004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 35 Write 36.2 Mixed 12.1 34% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.33 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 4x4GB 665 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 97%

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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	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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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 $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