Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	80% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 363 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0974) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.37% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 12 9% 11.1 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 13.3 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.37% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -125559073929085 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 46 81607393313 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 149567 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 61 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 149567 (F2) Unknown 100 100 248588 (F9) Unknown 100 100 30280	80% Excellent	Read 499 Write 246 Mixed 303 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 25 116% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 12.9 70% 159 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 770GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 30 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 90 (03) Spinup time 137 100 25786384684 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 88 163254576 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 556531747 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3604 (C2) HDA temperature 171 111 231928234019 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 8	76.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 137 Mixed 133 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 195GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 76 100438594 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 577183576 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 689963041 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 46 84301792 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.1% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 61.2 Mixed 61.7 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 12GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 57%

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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	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