Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	58.3% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 03:07
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 667 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 86% 106 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 97 Splatting 84.9 74% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF360A5 SATA 360GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: LWDi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9504 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9964 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 90196344860 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 100 34363341 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1076 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 524 (F9) Unknown 100 100 35	58.3% Above average	Read 493 Write 244 Mixed 308 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 9.97 59% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 9.68 44% 104 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	8.61% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 5.82 Mixed 8.46 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.18 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 1.35 97% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.61% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.8% 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	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 $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) $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