Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 12:12
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 228 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 588 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 71 Parallax 82.3 0% 51.1 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 57 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 48 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 99.6 Write 95.9 Mixed 29 SusWrite 33.3 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.4 194% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 30GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 58.2 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 97.1 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 61 Write 65.5 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 71.2 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 130 131 129 130 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 97.5 Write 73.7 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 128 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 67GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 110 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 90.2 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 109 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 106%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 779GB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 107 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 69.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 104 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1 218% 2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 35GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 57 58 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 50 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 57.5 66% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%

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

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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	328x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $51Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16