Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	156% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 13:47
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 204 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 595 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Device(7377 1501) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 110 Parallax 107 95% 111 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 82.5 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 568 583 561 540 547 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 568 Mixed 571 SusWrite 554 131% 581 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 64.1 205% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 848 603% 768 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 296%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 144 146 145 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 417 Write 145 Mixed 150 SusWrite 144 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 11.9 90% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 74.6 74% 118 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 47GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 86 89 91 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 71 Write 64.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 88.3 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 185 186 184 182 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 106 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 182 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 24GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 44 45 43 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 45.8 Write 41.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 44.2 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 129% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 57%
Phi H1 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 82GB free Firmware: 4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 54 SusWrite 74.7 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 236% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2x8GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 78%

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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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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 $184	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