Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 10:25
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 522 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 90 62% 86.5 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 119 146 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 490 Write 146 Mixed 200 SusWrite 140 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 29.4 110% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 150 120% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 134 137 142 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 126 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 136 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%
WD WD2500JS-55NCB1 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 133 129 132 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 139 Write 144 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 130 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 65%
WD WUH 721414ALE6L4 14TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 931GB free Firmware: LDGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 21 6.4 5.4 5.3 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.28% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 13.4 7% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.28% Great: 141%
WD WUH 721414ALE6L4 14TB 3TB free Firmware: LDGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 162 145 134 134 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 186 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 140 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 2 418% 3.57 MB/s

WD WUH 721414ALE6L4 14TB 3TB free Firmware: LDGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 72 100 101 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.9% Excellent	Read 214 Write 184 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 74.3 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 2.5 424% 2.77 MB/s

WD 2500BEV External 250GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 127GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 40 Mixed 28 SusWrite 41.6 51% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 85%

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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	331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	248x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16