Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '20 at 03:14
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 536 73% 542 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 127 110% 137 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 94% 115 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 156 154 139 153 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 464 Mixed 406 SusWrite 182 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 64.1 227% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 63.8 120% 237 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 0GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 74 77 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 86.3 Write 92.3 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 75.1 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 1302 1600 CL10 Series 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 0467 RMR5040MM58F9F1600 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	27x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	14x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix 8G1600CL11 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 8 samples	7x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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