Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 00:32
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 693 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 140 Parallax 143 122% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 426 439 444 444 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 461 Mixed 438 SusWrite 421 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.1 188% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 296 242% 345 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 165 146 167 147 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 125 Write 99.2 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 156 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 117 119 118 120 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 117 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 694GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 133 131 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 130 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-120.A00LF 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 67%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $768

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