Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 21:40
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 103 2-Core 211 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 572 57% 467 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5057 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 6 3% 5.22 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 7.04 5% 6.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD Smartbuy 120GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 15 30 49 72 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 488 Write 146 Mixed 167 SusWrite 60.5 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 17.5 102% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 55.7 64% 110 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1GB free Firmware: MX6O Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 162 Write 178 Mixed 62.5 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 60GB free Firmware: MX6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 155 157 160 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 86.3 Write 79 Mixed 11 SusWrite 159 60% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 107%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 360GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 83.3 Write 82.8 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 89.7 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 99%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$105 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 17GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 127 138 146 114 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 172 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 130 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 358% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 147GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 127 126 119 129 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 118 Mixed 48 SusWrite 124 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 109%
Sony Eri Memory Card 16GB 2GB free, PID e14e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 0.8 Mixed 0.8 1% 0.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 1% 0.1 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 63%

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

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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	326x
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 $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 $45	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