Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140611
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 16 '19 at 10:14
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Memory 94.1
1-Core 135
2-Core 260
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 525
8-Core 715
78% 620 Pts
64-Core 717
44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 139
Parallax 119
101% 127 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 125
Splatting 105
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
232GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 6,725
Write 6,004
Mixed 6,198
1,408% 6,309 MB/s
4K Read 620
4K Write 338
4K Mixed 416
1,652% 458 MB/s
DQ Read 1,243
DQ Write 1,004
DQ Mixed 1,014
789% 1,087 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29
804GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 149 134 134 142 137 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 168
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 144
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
60.6% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 17.3
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 20.3
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 59.6
67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,182 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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HDDRAMUSB
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