Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	83.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 22:45
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ALB-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 585 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB; Manli Gallardo CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 140 Parallax 151 123% 147 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 124 180 170 50 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 429 Write 271 Mixed 382 SusWrite 148 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 40.7 147% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 43.9 92% 192 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 477GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 155 156 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 155 Write 115 Mixed 85 SusWrite 155 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 666GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 77 76 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 79.5 Write 75.2 Mixed 63 SusWrite 75.9 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 57%
MUSHKIN MKNUFDPR16GB 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 12.3 Write 1.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3.4 6% 5.67 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GB 9,947 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

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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	327x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	244x
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 $75Bench 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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Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16