Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 03:37
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 628 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 74.7 65% 78.9 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.2 58% 72 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 185GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 148 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9990 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (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 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2070 (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 121276 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59143 (F5) Unknown 100 100 159840	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 420 Mixed 455 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.7 149% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 71.6 111% 209 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4308599411 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 59 688652329 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 239180 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 208 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 239180 (F2) Unknown 100 100 407454	107% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 446 Mixed 468 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 38.3 153% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 144 155% 258 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
Intel 320 Series 600GB-$475 694 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 39GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 658 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20190 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 53700248 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 38728 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20190 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16730	50.9% Above average	Read 259 Write 212 Mixed 205 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 18.8 74% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 35.3 46% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%
Samsung P3 Portable 2TB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 389GB free, PID 61c5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 87.5 Write 108 Mixed 99.8 131% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 47%

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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 65%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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