Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 166% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	226% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '21 at 10:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 395 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87AF); asus rog strix CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	226% Outstanding	Lighting 339 Reflection 307 Parallax 386 276% 344 fps	MRender 374 Gravity 271 Splatting 197 220% 281 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 72 72 71 71 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 388 Write 84.5 Mixed 124 SusWrite 71.5 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 17.2 87% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 119 90% 125 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 443GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 413 425 428 436 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 431 Mixed 409 SusWrite 429 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix 8G1600CL11 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 7 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16