Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	16.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 13:38
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 392 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.6% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 63 Parallax 62.3 49% 61.8 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 56.7 Splatting 0.13 30% 42.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 9.4 8.7 23 22 18 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.69% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 15 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 14.8 11% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 109%
WL1000GSA6472 1TB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 316GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 134 134 134 133 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 127 Mixed 85 SusWrite 131 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 615GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 150 155 154 158 161 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 153 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.4% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,206 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	331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	248x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	57x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359