Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	96.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '21 at 23:12
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 702 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% ASRock(1849 5209) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 128 Parallax 249 109% 170 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 135 Splatting 156 137% 170 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 249 253 257 255 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 302 Mixed 246 SusWrite 253 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 45.5 150% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 134 152% 262 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 116%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 130 131 128 111 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 445 Write 424 Mixed 303 SusWrite 150 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 42 145% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 253 207% 293 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 93%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 197GB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 19 40 39 41 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 86%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 228GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 121 134 124 114 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 123 Write 88.6 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 119 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 123GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 170 170 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 170 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 242% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 335GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 39.8 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 40.5 51% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%
WD My Book 640GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 103GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 41.2 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 40.5 52% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 22%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 40GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 35 33 33 34 33 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 16.2 Mixed 17.6 SusWrite 33.3 34% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2 123% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $300	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