Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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 Drive	65.4% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 16:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 572 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.5 82% 103 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 98.7 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 145 140 106 141 138 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 279 Write 210 Mixed 230 SusWrite 132 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 37 121% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 173 134% 181 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 85%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 168 175 168 169 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 176 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 168 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 73 54 57 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 10 Write 55.3 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 61.9 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 96%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$30 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 227GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 123 126 126 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 72%

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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 $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