Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% 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	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 202 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 585 65% 512 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1672 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 172 99% 128 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 126 Splatting 130 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 607 607 615 623 613 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 578 Mixed 593 SusWrite 602 136% 605 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 83.7 265% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 773 565% 739 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 340%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 266GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 385 383 383 388 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 423 Mixed 302 SusWrite 376 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 37.9 150% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 181 156% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 735GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 181 182 183 182 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 112 Mixed 81 SusWrite 181 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 47%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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