Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive104% 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 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.
MotherboardAsrock Z97M Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20140613
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 22 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 130
2-Core 259
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 630
69% 544 Pts
64-Core 660
41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 185
Reflection 176
Parallax 188
151% 183 fps
MRender 190
Gravity 155
Splatting 114
121% 153 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 227 213 214 207 212 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 437
Write 448
Mixed 368
SusWrite 227
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 96.4
4K Mixed 58.9
179% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 179
182% 296 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 104%
Great: 134%
Goodram C40 120GB
18GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 26 28 23 16 24 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
42.2% Average
Read 400
Write 73
Mixed 21
SusWrite 25.2
28% 130 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 55.2
4K Mixed 8.2
74% 28.6 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 48.9
DQ Mixed 2.8
24% 57 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 42.2%
Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
723GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 133 134 134 135 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
53.4% Above average
Read 53.3
Write 94.5
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 133
65% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
57.3% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 17
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 19
50% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M Anniversary Builds (Compare 197 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Anniversary - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $602
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