Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 08:13
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 599 67% 525 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 203 Parallax 201 149% 195 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 182 Splatting 130 120% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 123GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 947 Write 954 Mixed 944 212% 949 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.9 196% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 420 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 204 226% 378 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 313%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -36618891160520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 54 30068310046 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 193029 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 63 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 193029 (F2) Unknown 100 100 336875 (F9) Unknown 100 100 34610	62.6% Good	Read 455 Write 190 Mixed 249 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 18.1 104% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 10.4 21% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 82%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 387GB free Firmware: GH2OA500 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 228 228 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2796 (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 83 83 7876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 134325 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 214748168219 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 84 84 7325 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24562884374 (F2) Unknown 100 100 42534349383 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	67.1% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 112 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 23.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 26.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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