Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 207 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 586 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PowerColor(148C 2349) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 49.3 34% 46.8 fps	MRender 49.2 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 35 32% 40.3 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 467 464 467 352 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 441 Mixed 424 SusWrite 412 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60 197% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 341GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 237 236 236 237 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 234 Write 225 Mixed 190 SusWrite 234 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 17.8 76% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 24.6 38% 73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 367 365 365 364 361 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 377 Mixed 284 SusWrite 365 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33.2 150% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 131 155% 271 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	40x
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 $273	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 $185	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