Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	120% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 08:25
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 680 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 101% 130 fps	MRender 149 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 96% 120 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 305 298 298 299 237 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 462 Mixed 443 SusWrite 291 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 62.6 211% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 243 212% 316 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 36GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 84 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 66.1 Write 14.9 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 81.7 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 50GB free Firmware: GG2OA7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 67 67 65 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 63.1 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 66.4 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 32GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 79 75 81 75 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 91.4 Write 88.6 Mixed 50 SusWrite 77.3 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 58%

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 (91^st percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

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

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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	327x
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 $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16