Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 16:20
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 541 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.2% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 39.6 Parallax 35.4 34% 39 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 36.4 Splatting 32.5 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink S10 240GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 77 77 261 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 306	92.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 445 Mixed 480 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 10.8 114% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 16.2 88% 199 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2197 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 464 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10822048347	104% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 404 Mixed 409 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 35.2 157% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 96.9 119% 209 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 442GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1718 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.1% Good	Read 130 Write 111 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 382GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195814749 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 52 1722510480176 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6727 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 572260386 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 30064771106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 9 195814749 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 92.4 Mixed 89.5 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 59%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 89 236527600 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 230422361 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7572 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 589168675 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 42949672995 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 52 77153746 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967294 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 74.1 Write 74.5 Mixed 73.4 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 233GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 1 8706 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11811 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22660 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 96 96 4185 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6107 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799150623 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 9 (DF) Load/unload retry count 96 96 4185 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 64675	62.9% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 122 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%

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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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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