Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 16:38
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 425 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1287) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.84 6% 7.19 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 6.91 6% 8.09 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 104 61 61 62 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 399 Mixed 390 SusWrite 96.7 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 52.6 176% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 266 214% 302 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 91%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 45GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 131 134 136 137 138 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,231 Write 3,536 Mixed 3,874 934% 4,214 MB/s	4K Read 237 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 224 752% 220 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 469 351% 465 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
PH4-CE120 120GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 103GB free Firmware: F/W:1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5414 Write 3,357 Mixed 4,307 966% 4,360 MB/s	4K Read 274 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 247 867% 259 MB/s	DQ Read 454 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 447 334% 442 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 82%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns

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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	325x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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