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Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '23 at 04:38
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 417 50% 385 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 199 Parallax 190 142% 187 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 195 Splatting 131 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 382 Write 418 Mixed 332 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 37.9 138% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 316 240% 324 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 373GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 963 Write 978 Mixed 616 190% 853 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 48.4 189% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 1,174 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 846 674% 949 MB/s
Poor: 123% Great: 230%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 245GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,838 Write 44.6 Mixed 87.8 344% 1,657 MB/s	4K Read 654 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 4.7 998% 220 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 176 Write 120 Mixed 98.6 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 194 Write 135 Mixed 107 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$14 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 24GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 65.2 Write 62.1 Mixed 35.5 67% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 64% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 30%

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 (89^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% 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

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