Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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	118% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 23:26
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 705 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 169 96% 125 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 122 Splatting 127 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 368 373 393 408 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 428 Mixed 436 SusWrite 380 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.7 189% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 255 221% 328 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
SSD 128GB 128GB 7,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 119GB free Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 392 401 401 395 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 413 Mixed 328 SusWrite 393 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 21.6 137% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.5 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 27.1 73% 147 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 93%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 256GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 375 326 325 324 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 484 Mixed 385 SusWrite 348 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.9 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 348 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.5 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 27.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 41.2 97% 41.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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