If exact and partial match links put a lot of weight on your rankings, it would only be logical to keep a close eye on the correlation between them, right?
So, if you work on your anchor text distribution, you should see some effects on your rankings as well. Or at least you should know what to expect after adding some anchor text links.
Therefore, for matching and tracking together your website rankings and your anchor text distribution, I suggest this three step routine:

Before starting to