Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53% 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 14:03
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 598 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1714 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 33 Parallax 31.5 2% 22.1 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 38.6 35% 42.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11387 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1594 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 223 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 32 292058824745 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12191630222 (F7) Unknown 100 100 381831446 (F8) Unknown 100 100 305990810	78.9% Very good	Read 508 Write 384 Mixed 410 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 25.5 96% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 57.1 65% 103 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 16784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2305 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 517 (A9) Unknown 100 100 198 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 382 (AE) Unknown 100 100 312 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 47 201864380448 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3145 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 49378 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17670 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20199 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	53% Above average	Read 394 Write 183 Mixed 230 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 12.6 74% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 34 46% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 60GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5246 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2775 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4903 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (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	83.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 128 Mixed 109 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.28 128% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-003.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	563x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	325x
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	87x
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 $140Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16