Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	93.6% 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

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 00:45
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 663 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 206 Parallax 186 151% 192 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2103 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4319085151 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 403243032 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 785109 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 368 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 785109 (F2) Unknown 100 100 563859	93.6% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 477 Mixed 479 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 23 139% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 22.9 32% 57.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 110%
Asrock 3TB+ Unlocker 802GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 338GB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 117 Write 123 Mixed 113 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 287GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76044840 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30646452 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 504561691 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (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 -92951682213845 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50132966014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30115047613	95% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 156 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 71%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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