Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 406 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Faspeed F510-120G 120GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01000006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 889 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 171801313320 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 256 (F2) Unknown 100 100 233	60.2% Good	Read 269 Write 228 Mixed 414 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 1.18 94% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 1.52 66% 155 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 10129 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11376 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4135 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 582 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10793 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	71.4% Very good	Read 119 Write 129 Mixed 110 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.51 128% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.9% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 18.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $583

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16