Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180308
Uptime8.6 Days
Run DateMay 30 '19 at 08:50
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 120
2-Core 238
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 469
62% 465 Pts
64-Core 466
29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
64.4% Good
Lighting 81.9
Reflection 85.1
Parallax 75.4
67% 80.8 fps
MRender 79.3
Gravity 74.2
Splatting 68
60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 102 108 108 106 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Read 382
Write 124
Mixed 180
SusWrite 106
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 40.6
164% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 129
103% 146 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 81%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
553GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 99 101 102 101 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 106
Write 95.7
Mixed 74
SusWrite 100
70% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60
735GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 44 101 102 104 102 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 111
Write 100
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 77.7
65% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.5% Poor
MC Read 9
MC Write 9.3
MC Mixed 8
25% 8.77 GB/s
SC Read 8.2
SC Write 9.5
SC Mixed 9.1
26% 8.93 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,191 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $768
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