Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.5% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 07:14
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 499 68% 504 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 2030 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 124 Parallax 112 98% 119 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 88.9 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 283 313 309 313 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 443 Mixed 374 SusWrite 313 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65.8 208% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 26.3 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

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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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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

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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