Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 01:52
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 512 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 69.7 66% 77.4 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 75.4 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 331 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262148 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 4295229443 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2044 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 124555886621 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2737497088 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7546571072 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1123521910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1809187516	94.5% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 432 Mixed 458 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 20.6 124% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 20.3 86% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 189239555 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 729 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6344429 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 122213294408832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2260 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (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 -34497177321002 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1526003498 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1151098288	58.6% Above average	Read 78.8 Write 125 Mixed 117 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 761GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 174 1858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 188 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 28 (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	96.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 167 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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