Asrock Z97 Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics75.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150512
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 23 '18 at 04:09
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 31%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 above expectations (62nd percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 84.1
1-Core 113
2-Core 229
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 614
65% 517 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.8% Very good
Lighting 94.8
Reflection 96.8
Parallax 81.2
77% 90.9 fps
MRender 86.9
Gravity 89.5
Splatting 90.1
73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingshar KSM7240K 240GB
168GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 40 40 41 42 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
13.7% Very poor
Read 39.7
Write 40.3
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 39.7
9% 39.8 MB/s
4K Read 9.9
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 6
29% 9.13 MB/s
DQ Read 26.1
DQ Write 24.1
DQ Mixed 11.6
12% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.7%
Great: 14%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139
885GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 350 377 404 420 465 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 463
Mixed 442
SusWrite 383
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 57.8
191% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 343
259% 348 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 196 204 204 206 207 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 165
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 202
119% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 115%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
25.9% Poor
MC Read 7.9
MC Write 8.8
MC Mixed 7.5
23% 8.07 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 8.2
SC Mixed 7.6
22% 7.67 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 25.9%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 1,191 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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