Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 16:06
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 657 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 86.4 53% 70.2 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 76 53% 62.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 168GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3321 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1059260754	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 48 180% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 121 139% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q 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 3413 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 137 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5712011005
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 915GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6287 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (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 98 98 910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1240 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184685297695 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 533 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 634 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 159 Mixed 143 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 3.06 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.32 205% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 181GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103559600 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2258581 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 27053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 38655426752 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 656015388 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61457 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 81604378652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 746 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85864986161054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14176037154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82843295321	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 164 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 98GB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 147 147 42984735233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 70 70 36639 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 36639 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 231929741346 (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 200 200 0	45.8% Average	Read 72.1 Write 87.4 Mixed 80.9 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 117GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119899304 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4301150364 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 672858142 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64979 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 81604378654 (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 -81136227167765 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20567761497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16871202456	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 87.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXRG 4x4GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 72%

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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