Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	101% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 11:40
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 426 55% 417 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 87% 108 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 81.9 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 302 307 306 306 308 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 312 Mixed 304 SusWrite 306 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 36.5 160% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 240 209% 311 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 309 308 307 307 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 444 Mixed 368 SusWrite 319 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.8 203% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 337GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 423 426 429 426 340 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 443 Mixed 423 SusWrite 410 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.7 202% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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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%

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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