Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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. 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 00:18
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 253 34% 253 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Asus(1043 0496) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1010.1002 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 26.6 17% 24.9 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 32.6 22% 25.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1590 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 153 Mixed 108 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 109%
WD Elements 10A2 750GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 461GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 99.2 Write 94.4 Mixed 71.6 111% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x4GB 3,992 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $273	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 $179	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