Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	91.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

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	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '21 at 01:07
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 208 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 426 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1623 MHz, MLim: 1905 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 125 Parallax 110 88% 114 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 107 Splatting 93.4 83% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 290 286 303 299 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 369 Write 411 Mixed 313 SusWrite 271 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 40.6 148% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 317 241% 324 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 338GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 622 650 656 666 674 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 626 Mixed 448 SusWrite 609 124% 549 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 51.1 192% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 943 654% 810 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 230%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 548GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 118 119 121 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 172 Write 99.6 Mixed 106 SusWrite 118 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 141 139 142 142 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 96.4 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 137 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%
Jmicron Corp. 120GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 31GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 104 109 93 103 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 183 Mixed 189 SusWrite 104 228% 175 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 18.9 1,595% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 37.9 DQ Mixed 25.6 2,221% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 139%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	568x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	326x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	184x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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	39x

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