Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '19 at 19:47
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 181 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 341 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 79.3 68% 83.7 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 72 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 408 422 415 414 374 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 411 Mixed 396 SusWrite 405 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 50.4 155% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 296 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 121 121 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 157 Write 116 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 121 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 632GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 75 79 80 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 112 Write 88.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 78.9 113% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 160% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-4GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,187 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	327x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16