Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 16:52
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 514 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3776) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 72.7 68% 80 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 77 Splatting 76.3 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 103 89 47 45 55 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.8% Average	Read 251 Write 200 Mixed 169 SusWrite 82 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 29 95% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 99.9 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 56.4 46% 65.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 91%
Spcc Solid State Diss 120GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 58GB free Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 83 85 85 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 380 Write 103 Mixed 178 SusWrite 82 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 14.6 78% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 75.5 DQ Write 23.6 DQ Mixed 3.9 15% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 75%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 197GB free Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 408 356 246 247 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 485 Mixed 393 SusWrite 300 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.7 171% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 259 214% 308 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 749GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 37 37 37 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 37.9 Write 37.4 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 36.4 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GR1333D364L9/2G 0793 GR1333D364L9/2G GR1333D364L9/2G GR1333D364L9/2G 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

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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	328x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	246x
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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16