Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 15:12
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 437 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS 538 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(0000 0000) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.62 2% 1.34 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 266GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 81 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1479960115	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 411 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 50.2 186% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 129 149% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (A5) Unknown 100 100 304971841912 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 40 257698037808 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 536881397920 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1345 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1758 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1301 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1210 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.1% Above average	Read 489 Write 93.3 Mixed 121 50% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 3.94 71% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 3.4 47% 112 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 329GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4114 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1614 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5997 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 40 (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 200 200 246 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.3% Good	Read 117 Write 107 Mixed 111 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 43GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 141 136 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5370 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6355 (C2) HDA temperature 102 85 41 (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 3273 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.7% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 66.2 Mixed 66.5 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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