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Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	96.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '22 at 00:59
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 427 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2823 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 193 Parallax 181 140% 182 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 182 Splatting 126 120% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 290 343 356 357 359 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 466 Mixed 324 SusWrite 319 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.5 149% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 311 238% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 131GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 811 923 937 931 938 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 887 Write 963 Mixed 644 SusWrite 869 190% 841 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 51.8 220% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,209 DQ Write 801 DQ Mixed 932 715% 981 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 230%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 148GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 448 534 558 558 560 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 697 Write 561 Mixed 478 SusWrite 499 125% 558 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.7 210% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 466 380% 551 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 283%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 149 148 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 148 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 169 171 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 163 Mixed 102 SusWrite 170 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,210 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	579x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	36x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	41x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $129
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406