Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics110% 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 Drive79.6% 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)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180308
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateJun 21 '20 at 20:54
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Memory 96.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 265
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 517
8-Core 524
69% 521 Pts
64-Core 414
26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 93%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 151
Parallax 130
120% 142 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 142
Splatting 109
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 278 293 293 288 286 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 436
Write 389
Mixed 338
SusWrite 302
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 20.9
116% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 94.8
104% 176 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
930GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 178 179 179 180 179 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 216
Write 165
Mixed 109
SusWrite 179
123% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 113%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.3% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 24.3
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 26.5
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 52.7
76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,183 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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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