Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.1% 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	81.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 04:02
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 156 61% 105 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 423 44% 350 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 55.9 54% 63 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 63.2 52% 62.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 27 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 180674097	81.3% Excellent	Read 501 Write 408 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 21.1 112% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 24.2 33% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 785GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38684656105 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 249 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 231929544737 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 130 Mixed 137 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 489GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 191 3364 (03) Spinup time 172 168 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 568175 (C2) HDA temperature 122 92 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.1% Below average	Read 57 Write 72.2 Mixed 77.4 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

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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	321x
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	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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