Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.1% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 207 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 408 51% 391 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 89 51% 72.4 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 54.8 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 362 Write 146 Mixed 171 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 28.1 115% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 143 110% 149 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 443 Mixed 362 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 54 180% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 312GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 87.5 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 113GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 69.8 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1.5TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 248GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.9 3.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 71.7 Write 6.7 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 3.2 17% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 071A 1TB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 10GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 34 34 35 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 31.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 34.3 42% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 63%

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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	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 $80Bench 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 $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
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