Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

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


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 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 04:54
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 395 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 277GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 155 149 156 149 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 173 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 152 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 51 57 56 59 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 85 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 54.1 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 58%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 38GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 40 36 39 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 59 Write 49.5 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 38.7 33% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 0420 10GB 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	327x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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

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Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16