Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 05:07
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 181 76% 126 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 402 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 72 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 65.6 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 58 55 55 53 53 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 506 Write 457 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 90.1 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 44.8 129% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 78 123% 233 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 34GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 232 209 190 203 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 458 Mixed 319 SusWrite 236 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 48.8 178% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 256 212% 305 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 49 49 51 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 12.3 Write 31.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 49.6 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 54%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 14GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 80 78 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 70.7 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 78.3 40% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 114GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 156 159 157 157 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 156 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 14GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 56.7 Write 58.2 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 58.3 67% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	325x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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