Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 16:05
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 647 71% 560 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 466GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (64) Unknown 100 100 259886 (A8) Unknown 253 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 253 100 0 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 253 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 735 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13153 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 22 94490918936 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 253 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 100 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 506 Write 327 Mixed 348 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 24.9 116% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 24.5 74% 162 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 152048 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 59.3 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.17 34% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 84%
ST330006 51AS 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.7% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 26.1 Mixed 17 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.52 90% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 23%
ST350032 0AS 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 123GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 27.1 Mixed 15.5 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.42 68% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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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Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16