Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% 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	103% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '16 at 04:01
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 329 41% 311 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 53 35% 49.3 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 39.5 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron SS 250GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 163 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 902400815	103% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 484 Mixed 505 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 42.1 127% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 128 141% 236 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 167GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 198 3041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1380 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BE) vendor-specific 77 56 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1574 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 107 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.72 164% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 64%

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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	328x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	247x
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 $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16