Asrock Z97M Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics2.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
Run History
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MotherboardAsrock Z97M Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160527
Uptime6 Days
Run DateApr 19 '18 at 20:15
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 95.7
1-Core 109
2-Core 215
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 415
55% 411 Pts
64-Core 414
26% 414 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435
Nvidia(10DE 097A) 2GB
CLim: 1413 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
Relative performance (0th percentile)
2.83% Terrible
Lighting 5.27
Reflection 37.5
Parallax 48.2
4% 30.3 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 2.83%
Great: 31%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Faspeed F510-120G 120GB
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01000006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
64.3% Good
Read 279
Write 246
Mixed 409
70% 311 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 93.9
4K Mixed 4.62
101% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 2.6
69% 159 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 64.3%
Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
435GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 110
Write 115
Mixed 118
86% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 1.71
4K Mixed 0.34
97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX 12GB
2050, 2050, 2050, 2050 MHz
4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
75.8% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.3
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 23.6
60% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 55
73% 55 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M Anniversary Builds (Compare 198 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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