Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	91.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 12:05
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 729 79% 626 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 200 Parallax 184 156% 192 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 184 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 238GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 3900 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3741 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 74 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7692309824922 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 187 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 486 Write 239 Mixed 319 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 5.71 85% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 5.13 19% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 74%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 89GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137474212300 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 63 270583988254 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2280665121340 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2953 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4687 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3913 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6186 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.4% Very good	Read 469 Write 334 Mixed 320 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 19.8 116% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 46.8 58% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 101%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 103 100 1383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2443 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3177 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3229 (A9) Unknown 100 100 39 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3202 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 214748364836 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 647986 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17381 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15409	91.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 432 Mixed 456 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 5.8 120% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 30.1 87% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 698GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7895880 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10814131 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2394 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29963 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 4857608014620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21452409015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39480099784	78.9% Very good	Read 157 Write 118 Mixed 117 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.1 49% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 114%
Inateck 400GB 117GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.3% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 68.5 Mixed 56.8 84% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.85 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $602

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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