Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 15.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	76.1% 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	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '22 at 17:08
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (10^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Memory 15.2 1-Core 55.2 2-Core 56.2 24% 42.2 Pts	4-Core 92.5 8-Core 88.4 12% 90.4 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.7 81% 102 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 96.1 67% 79 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 159 156 178 177 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.6% Below average	Read 188 Write 188 Mixed 180 SusWrite 172 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 11.4 36% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 193 150% 206 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 164GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 242 186 75 73 73 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.6% Below average	Read 185 Write 171 Mixed 183 SusWrite 139 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 11.7 34% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 216 165% 222 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 307GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 151 161 161 175 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 124 Write 141 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 159 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	24.5% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 10 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.1 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 358 11% 358 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 61%

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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 1,182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	325x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	243x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16