Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 13:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 235 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 588 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.26% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 3.87 4% 5.15 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 3.13 5% 6.68 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 4.26% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 507GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 974 Mixed 990 223% 999 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.6 186% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 419 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 197 211% 349 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 445%
SSD9SC120GEDA 120GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 334ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 124429853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 71614284706839 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2440 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 136 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 25773146144 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 124429853 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 124429853 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 124429853 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14138 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11492 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11492 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20201	70.8% Very good	Read 486 Write 111 Mixed 183 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 19.5 134% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 45.4 58% 102 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 79%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 773GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 81 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3404 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 37 (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	72.7% Very good	Read 117 Write 136 Mixed 84.5 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.54 144% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-198.A00LF 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 60%

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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