Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	40.7% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '22 at 04:30
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 474 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 206 Parallax 200 181% 210 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 156 Splatting 136 131% 164 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 196 78 74 77 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 496 Write 443 Mixed 422 SusWrite 122 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 50% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 92%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 37GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 352 447 453 208 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 463 Mixed 450 SusWrite 308 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.7 190% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 278 232% 336 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 172 171 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 174 Mixed 106 SusWrite 170 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 96GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 115 114 115 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 146 Write 108 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 113 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

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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	27x
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	14x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x

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

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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