Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 21:20
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 107 2-Core 201 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 386 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 41.6 37% 44.8 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 36.4 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 400 411 428 430 389 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 423 Mixed 386 SusWrite 397 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 49.8 158% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 288 236% 337 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 5786 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 19 19 19 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.55% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 19 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 15.5 19% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 49% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.55% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G V01L3LF4GB26826816 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.4% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 47%

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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%

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16