Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% 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 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 12:40
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 334 51% 368 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.69 3% 5.77 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.48 5% 6.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7447 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 906 (B1) Unknown 83 83 81 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 369 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16052110944	71.6% Very good	Read 476 Write 264 Mixed 272 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 23.1 116% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 7.5 17% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 663GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91046024 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 55 17236698688 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1514 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94243 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 55834574880 (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 107301167961574 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20012715113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32103445769	93.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 148 Mixed 141 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 434GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 20152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 282339 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236223856669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 75 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	56.9% Above average	Read 93 Write 105 Mixed 91.8 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 12.5 Mixed 17.6 24% 22 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.89 99% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 66%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	327x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	245x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16