Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.1% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 12:03
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 226 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 554 62% 489 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 45.3 31% 38.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 87GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 838 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 321 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3229851517128 (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 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	61.5% Good	Read 430 Write 247 Mixed 319 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 5.7 88% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 5.75 36% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 69%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 57GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 10041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 241 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3521902084474 (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 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	65.1% Good	Read 426 Write 260 Mixed 326 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 4.49 86% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 4.91 55% 129 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 69%
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5171 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2879 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 117 (AE) Unknown 100 100 218 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3105270923840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2687 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 227633987609 (C2) HDA temperature 75 47 227633987609 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2285631325 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1	85.1% Excellent	Read 487 Write 417 Mixed 449 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.4 114% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 16.8 57% 116 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 105%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 17.3 Write 3.68 Mixed 6.75 9% 9.24 MB/s	4K Read 6.28 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 1.49 140% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7AFR8C-PB HMT41GU7AFR8C-PB HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB HMT41GU7AFR8C-PB 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

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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	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 $134	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