Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 654 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 3140) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.7% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 46.6 30% 42.4 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 33.1 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
system 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 219 172 138 96 70 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 303GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 120 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 122 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 120 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 248GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 213GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 64.3 Write 17.3 Mixed 28.2 38% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 63% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	243x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16