Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	33.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140704
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 06:11
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36% Below average	Memory 59.6 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 41 30% 41.1 Pts	4-Core 69.9 8-Core 102 11% 85.9 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3679) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.6% Below average	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 61.1 27% 48 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 51.5 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 146 133 115 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 399 Write 215 Mixed 212 SusWrite 136 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 21.3 72% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 117 102% 151 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 119%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 331GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 89.7 Write 84.7 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 82.4 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 76%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 673GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 33 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 38.7 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.3 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	24x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop)IntelBench 10%, 1,198 samples	4x

SSD
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	3x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	3x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $515

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 $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