Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 01:38
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 55.7 2-Core 106 52% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 176 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 02AC) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Lighting 5.97 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 3.81 5% 6.14 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 7.91 5% 6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 240 239 276 276 278 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 456 Mixed 342 SusWrite 277 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 46.7 158% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 197 162% 233 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 323GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 103 108 108 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 72.8 Write 77.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 106 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 28GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 97 96 99 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 128 Write 135 Mixed 29 SusWrite 96.8 70% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 162GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 58 58 59 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 90 Write 79.2 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 60.4 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 0423 Dark-1600 9905471-064.A00LF 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns

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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%

Jet ski

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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