Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 13:11
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 217 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 600 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 108% 133 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6274506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 86655260175608 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2812 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 137 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 19 72 30069489683 (C2) HDA temperature 19 72 30069489683 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6274506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6274506 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6274506 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18885 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14611 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14611 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13603	40.1% Average	Read 175 Write 90.6 Mixed 98.1 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 9.06 88% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 7.07 20% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 40GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5871 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1477 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 80 50 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19405393025	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.7 177% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 114 133% 231 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 4048836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -72464688204325 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3395 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 18 46 30067785746 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4048836 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4048836 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4048836 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5983 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7122 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18247	73.5% Very good	Read 514 Write 137 Mixed 207 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 14.3 137% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 48.2 59% 104 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 81%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 153GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 208 165 4583 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5062 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 393510 (C2) HDA temperature 130 94 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 91 Mixed 81.6 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 59%

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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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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