Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.5% 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	1.99% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 23:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 449 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 66 Parallax 58.2 48% 61.2 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 52.2 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY Optima 240GB-$64 788 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	1.99% Terrible	Read 1.5 Write 1.8 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 1.3 0% 1.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.4 6% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 1.99% Great: 98%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 527GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 73 Write 77.8 Mixed 54 SusWrite 60.7 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 55%
Seagate ST5000NM0024-1HT170 5TB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 679GB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 182 180 179 180 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 181 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2B2133C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 25.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,169 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	563x
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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16