Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 420 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 71.3 63% 76.1 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 63.5 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,106 Write 4,560 Mixed 4,807 1,077% 4,824 MB/s	4K Read 443 4K Write 400 4K Mixed 409 1,407% 417 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 1317 DQ Mixed 1,352 1,022% 1,371 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 65GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 207 194 215 214 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 453 Mixed 299 SusWrite 241 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.1 175% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 193 182% 283 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 39GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 466 462 457 465 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 14.7 Mixed 422 SusWrite 462 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 32.8 161% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 48 101% 203 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 92%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 10GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 44 44 44 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 40.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 43.8 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 54%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 7GB free Firmware: 9401 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 73 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 6GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 70 61 57 57 55 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 72.2 Write 70 Mixed 31 SusWrite 66.3 79% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	244x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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