Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 17:11
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 185 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 369 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 46 Parallax 41.3 35% 43.3 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.1 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 402GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 404 466 458 409 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 454 Mixed 447 SusWrite 418 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.6 190% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 296 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 773GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 118 76 133 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 180 Mixed 105 SusWrite 119 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

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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	328x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16