Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '23 at 03:18
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 126 2-Core 220 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 663 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3745) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 108% 137 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 134 Splatting 121 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Digitazz 120GB SSD 120GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 396 Mixed 358 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 40.7 143% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 229 188% 267 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
Intenso External USB 3.0 1TB 1,890 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 427GB free Firmware: 1201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 31.6 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 39.8 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	46	9	240	24.5"	1920 1017	AOC2510 AG251FWG2

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

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 $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16