Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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, 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	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 14:54
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 667 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3553 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 100% 120 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 108 Splatting 104 95% 118 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 126 148 125 143 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 318 Write 214 Mixed 227 SusWrite 136 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 39.7 144% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 187 133% 166 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 84%
Samsung MZ7PD128HCFV-000H7 128GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 86GB free Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 442 455 458 459 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 436 Mixed 317 SusWrite 421 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.8 167% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 155 163% 271 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 192 190 193 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 186 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 190 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
GB0500C4413 500GB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 79 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 77.4 Write 78.6 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 77.7 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 28GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 12 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Read 22 Write 10.7 Mixed 14.1 SusWrite 11.3 18% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 47% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 62%

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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 $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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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