Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% 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 84%, 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	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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '21 at 04:03
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

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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 i7-5775C-$165 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 599 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2578 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 161 Parallax 163 122% 158 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 153 Splatting 134 113% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crypto SSD 128GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 51GB free Firmware: S8FO08.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 155 155 152 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 244 Write 155 Mixed 148 SusWrite 154 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 15.5 98% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 54.7 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 864GB free (System drive) Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 65 68 74 71 76 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 123 Write 111 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 70.3 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 21.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,201 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	248x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16