Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.8% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 13:05
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 662 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 158 Parallax 149 120% 151 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 193GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 589 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 318 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 125358186	106% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 409 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 26.1 160% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 26.4 102% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6525059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 135884175324765 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2530 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 112 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 67 34364129309 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6525059 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6525059 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6525059 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28430 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28319 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28319 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36929	76.8% Very good	Read 491 Write 224 Mixed 282 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 13.3 114% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 9.58 72% 168 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 656GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86477617 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 376688634 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2574 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 127 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538509344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 10 86477617 (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 128900558533513 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2182768359 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1773435077	37.3% Below average	Read 60 Write 70 Mixed 71.5 51% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 67%

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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	328x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16