Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.5%, 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	80% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 20:36
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 617 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 168 Parallax 169 111% 158 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 153 Splatting 104 98% 122 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 272 270 284 299 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 392 Write 300 Mixed 174 SusWrite 286 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 27.1 115% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 61.4 102% 202 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 89%
OCZ AGILITY3 360GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 38GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 96 91 80 85 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 166 Write 99.8 Mixed 106 SusWrite 90.4 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 14.6 52% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 95.9 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 52.4 43% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 34%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 263GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 406 417 425 429 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 425 Mixed 400 SusWrite 409 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 48.4 164% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 283 230% 328 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 24GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 61 64 62 58 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 244 Write 105 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 59.5 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 7.5 42% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 58.7 61% 104 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL10 8GB 2x8GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 87%

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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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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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16