Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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 Drive	101% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 14:52
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$35 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 570 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.8 83% 104 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 99.8 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 266 246 251 249 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 405 Mixed 341 SusWrite 263 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 52.6 173% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 316 237% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 430GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 362 360 365 364 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 392 Mixed 364 SusWrite 362 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 46.1 149% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 267 212% 297 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 125%
Adata SP600NS34 256GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 143GB free Firmware: 5.8f SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 261 304 304 304 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 306 Mixed 255 SusWrite 296 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.3 152% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 150 151% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 78%

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

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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 $94Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16