Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.7% 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	54.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 03:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 374 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 45.4 Parallax 40.4 38% 44 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.6 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 116046657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -24026047047093 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1142 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 39 73016999965 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 73016999965 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 116046657 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 116046657 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 116046657 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 60129542145 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10036 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3818 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3818 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1853 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5177417	54.5% Above average	Read 421 Write 111 Mixed 177 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 16.5 95% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 35.2 35% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 683GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46659 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 523 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3181425723 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2901046108	86.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 158 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.36 140% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 22.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

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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%

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 $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