Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 16:08
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 168 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 275 41% 297 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 72%

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: 388.13 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.1% Average	Lighting 56.8 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 57.2 46% 60.2 fps	MRender 16.8 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 37.6 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 181GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 141GB free Firmware: B1Q6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 214 214 187 199 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 373 Mixed 338 SusWrite 209 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 211 196% 303 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: A110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 74 78 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 42.7 Write 14.3 Mixed 20 SusWrite 78.8 28% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 62%

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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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Typical Z97M-ITX/ac Builds (Compare 64 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 53%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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	4x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	3x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16