Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	99.8% 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	27.2 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 25 '21 at 00:48
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (62^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 631 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81% 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 146 Parallax 298 123% 199 fps	MRender 240 Gravity 151 Splatting 180 154% 191 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 127% 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: 300 266 261 261 259 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 456 Mixed 369 SusWrite 259 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 46.9 158% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 187 180% 286 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 116%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 129 128 118 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 491 Write 450 Mixed 308 SusWrite 149 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 43 150% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 252 206% 293 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 93%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 197GB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 42 43 44 43 44 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: 101 117 121 134 136 117 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 95.9 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 123GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 171 171 170 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 144 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 170 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 335GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 40 40 40 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 41.2 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 39.6 52% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.8% 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: 37 41 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 39.1 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 39.9 50% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 22%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 40GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 34 34 35 34 34 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 28.1 Mixed 14.4 SusWrite 33.3 37% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2 131% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.3% 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)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

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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	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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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