Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.2% 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 Drive87.6% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-AR  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 11 '18 at 21:04
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 93.2
1-Core 113
2-Core 231
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 618
67% 532 Pts
64-Core 617
38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.2% Excellent
Lighting 99
Reflection 111
Parallax 105
81% 105 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 94.2
Splatting 98.3
79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-128G-1006 128GB
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X2180306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 294 289 300 288 292 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Read 420
Write 287
Mixed 222
SusWrite 294
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 98.7
4K Mixed 31.1
132% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 312
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 144
149% 244 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 94%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 193 193 192 194 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 198
Mixed 97.1
SusWrite 193
124% 170 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 110%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
61.2% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 18.9
60% 20.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 20.7
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 61.7
65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,159 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $788
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