Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 20:40
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 744 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 158 Parallax 146 125% 153 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 136 179 22 130 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 453 Write 388 Mixed 332 SusWrite 136 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 15.6 71% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 29.9 42% 79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 249GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 426 413 451 386 392 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 468 Mixed 445 SusWrite 411 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.2 194% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 293 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 136 140 138 140 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 108 SusWrite 137 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 773GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 101 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 103 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 101%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 144 174 155 175 154 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 136 Write 131 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 162 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-120.A00LF 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 18.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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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