Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive85% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160527
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 27 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User ALB-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 97.1
1-Core 120
2-Core 238
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 451
60% 449 Pts
64-Core 481
30% 481 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
62.8% Good
Lighting 79.4
Reflection 83.3
Parallax 73.8
65% 78.9 fps
MRender 81
Gravity 71.3
Splatting 66.4
59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 128GB
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 72 64 65 65 64 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
85% Excellent
Read 483
Write 379
Mixed 324
SusWrite 105
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 35.7
162% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 169
146% 214 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 85%
Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
507GB free
Firmware: MS2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 174 150 174 175 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 153
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 164
97% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
74.4% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 22.6
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 23.8
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 50.1
80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,187 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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