Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 12:49
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 253 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 652 71% 561 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 68.2 65% 75.8 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 74.4 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 356 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.6 207% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 564GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 97 96 96 99 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.2 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 96.6 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac - $165

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	71x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	36x
Core i7-4790SIntel $60Bench 72%, 13,224 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	9x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	17x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	8x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $739

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16