Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	521 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$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 (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 422 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2092 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 114 95% 118 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9379 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 313 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 94 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16275335853	113% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 46.2 176% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 122 142% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 296GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 22 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2381 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 182 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 182 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 148 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 120 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.36 131% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 246GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 187 1508 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17113 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 567	51.9% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 90 Mixed 84.9 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 63%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 18GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100197711 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2502 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4668004 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 706412576 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1350580 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 85899345952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 43 100197711 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68053756795660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2070817640 (F2) Unknown 100 253 472674981 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	29.9% Poor	Read 57.2 Write 47.1 Mixed 65.7 43% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.42 72% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 43%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,276 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 2.2 Mixed 3.81 8% 9.91 MB/s	4K Read 6.39 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 3x4GB 945 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 61%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	326x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16