Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 435 50% 391 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 75 63% 76.4 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$123 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 895 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 104158 (A5) Unknown 100 100 275 (A6) Unknown 100 100 49 (A7) Unknown 100 100 99 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 231 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 315620 (F2) Unknown 100 100 116073 (F5) Unknown 100 100 833264	109% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 456 Mixed 417 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 46.7 169% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 76.7 88% 156 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 147GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896698545 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4905 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4905 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 219044839467 (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	52.8% Above average	Read 83.9 Write 99.9 Mixed 8.05 46% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 107%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 496GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 74.9 Write 64.4 Mixed 21.6 63% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.36 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 47%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 261GB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 78.4 Write 99.4 Mixed 3.58 72% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.16 4K Mixed 0.25 186% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 51%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix 8G1600CL11 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 7 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $587

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16