Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 23:06
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 93 2-Core 171 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 237 25% 198 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 184 Parallax 178 139% 178 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 476 Mixed 370 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 52.5 172% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 348 258% 339 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 554GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 139 145 148 151 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 172 Mixed 106 SusWrite 143 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 109%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 5.6 4.8 5.6 4.9 5.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Read 31 Write 7.7 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 5.4 11% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 13 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,167 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	561x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	324x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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