Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.4% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 14:13
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 462 66% 483 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 880 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 157 87% 117 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 109 Splatting 119 87% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 159 146 153 154 137 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 400 Write 325 Mixed 283 SusWrite 166 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.1 144% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 97 115% 195 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 97%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 176GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 190 255 231 214 278 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53% Above average	Read 193 Write 95 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 235 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 27.3 64% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 114 115% 185 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 530GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 177 175 175 175 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 157 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 179 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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

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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