Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '16 at 16:07
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 406 50% 385 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36DF) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 37.8 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 30.6 31% 34 fps	Gravity 32.2 Splatting 31.9 28% 32 fps
Poor: 22% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (64) Unknown 100 100 248224 (65) Unknown 100 100 81280 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 74 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 100 120260001815 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 428 (EA) Unknown 100 100 211 (F1) Unknown 100 100 382 (F2) Unknown 100 100 490 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 466 Write 262 Mixed 267 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 11.1 86% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 9.31 18% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 233GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 85 200724022 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17263389035 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1273 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4279 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 386924567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10960 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 8589934615 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 37 200724022 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.8% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 95.1 Mixed 85 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 187GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5350 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3819 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 605 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5350 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 79580 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 106 Mixed 95.8 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 8GB 384 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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