Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 04:07
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 594 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 113% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS400 M.2 256GB-$145 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 262 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 123 (A3) Unknown 100 100 42 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35433 (A5) Unknown 100 100 54 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89346 (F2) Unknown 100 100 104450 (F5) Unknown 100 100 141732	93% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 383 Mixed 436 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 36.9 137% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 25 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 102%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 69 148432137 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1888805 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44727789420553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 48 874381362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 50 52 124554051634 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63243393433609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1215670780 (F2) Unknown 100 253 641746264 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 145 Write 83.2 Mixed 81 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.31 63% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 69 150569113 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1864460 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -116754390974455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 48 874315826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 50 52 120259084338 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -136597139881975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1216933613 (F2) Unknown 100 253 642620368 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 190 Write 94.1 Mixed 68.5 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.02 32% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 68%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 637GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 66.7 Write 134 Mixed 57.7 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.73 4K Mixed 0.3 160% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

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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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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