Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.4% 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	399% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 23:56
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 193 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 379 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.4% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 54.5 Parallax 104 59% 77.1 fps	MRender 43.3 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 72 52% 61.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 11GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	400% Outstanding	Read 3,537 Write 72.1 Mixed 140 260% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 631 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 4.23 964% 213 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 400% Great: 157%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	399% Outstanding	Read 3,551 Write 69.5 Mixed 132 261% 1,251 MB/s	4K Read 627 4K Write 4.16 4K Mixed 4.1 958% 212 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 399% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 7GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3322 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 341 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 60 44 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 107 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2335856857
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120440808 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2252867 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 639369254 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2067 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 90194313254 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132701604541316 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2437002546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 248109384
Poor: 60% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 29.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 24.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

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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	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