Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	25.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 11:50
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3-$104 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 157 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 372 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 108 39 38 45 38 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.8% Poor	Read 162 Write 106 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 59.2 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 10.2 50% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 13.2 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 85%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 264GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 109 39 38 45 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 115 Write 100 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 60 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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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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Typical Z97M Anniversary Builds (Compare 197 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix 8G1600CL11 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 7 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $602

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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