Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	109% 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	55.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '23 at 03:40
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 180 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 334 42% 320 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$334 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Gigabyte(1458 2336) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 140 Parallax 243 94% 166 fps	MRender 219 Gravity 122 Splatting 188 145% 176 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Semsotai X400 NVME 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2204XKR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 129 81 114 65 66 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.2% Above average	Read 348 Write 287 Mixed 319 SusWrite 100 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 17.9 98% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 83.1 78% 124 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%
Netac 256GB 256GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: VA001CC8 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 431 Write 404 Mixed 349 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 28 97% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 223 166% 215 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 97%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 147 147 147 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 150 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 24: 0P 4R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
24%	14%	42	191	17	60	7.2"	1296 759	JVC2234 FPDUS-A210

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,210 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	334x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	248x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	98x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	57x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

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