Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.5% 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)
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 15:24
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 550 57% 460 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 33.7 33% 37.3 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4615 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1060 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (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 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20832840311
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Addlink S10 240GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 57GB free Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 77 77 261 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 211 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1279	92.5% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 430 Mixed 488 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 10.4 118% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 16.4 96% 220 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 412GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2296 (C2) HDA temperature 99 90 44 (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	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.44 114% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 378GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30240514 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 52 1735405204782 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 28 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7323 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 622067748 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 30064771108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 9 30240514 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 94.3 Mixed 90.7 71% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 59%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 286GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 89 46603456 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 345051446 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8168 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 49 739508268 (C2) HDA temperature 44 51 42949673004 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 52 166551092 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967294 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44% Average	Read 74.5 Write 78.8 Mixed 73.4 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 171GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 1 9088 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12407 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25075 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 95 95 5516 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6703 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 219043790888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 9 (DF) Load/unload retry count 95 95 5516 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 83098	63.1% Good	Read 97.9 Write 122 Mixed 109 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.57 134% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 75%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 22.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

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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