Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.5% 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	97.4% 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 10:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 657 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 8A9B) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 20.9 19% 20.6 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 17.5 18% 22.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 444 456 463 455 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 344 Write 309 Mixed 334 SusWrite 448 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 36.2 144% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 168 158% 241 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 102%
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK960MAV 960GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 878GB free Firmware: MU07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 409 414 416 413 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 401 Mixed 329 SusWrite 410 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 37.4 141% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 179 175% 277 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 DDR3 1600 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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	25x
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	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x

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

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $602

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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