Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90% 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	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 09:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 657 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 114 92% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 102 Splatting 108 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 147 53 156 188 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 346 Write 60 Mixed 112 SusWrite 153 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 22.9 107% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 54.5 83% 164 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 459 462 368 284 284 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 370 Write 300 Mixed 182 SusWrite 385 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 24.1 128% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 338 231% 280 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 92GB free Firmware: 58.01D58 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 61.3 Write 62.4 Mixed 44 SusWrite 38.2 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 386GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 97 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 124 Write 104 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 98 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 90 91 89 91 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 91 65% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 77%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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