Asrock Z87E-ITX

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87E-ITX (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '23 at 02:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 192 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 569 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.6 76% 101 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 83.6 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 245 179 54 42 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 470 Write 298 Mixed 270 SusWrite 135 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 26 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 74.1 62% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$105 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 268GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 102 89 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 86 Write 99.5 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 98.2 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 28 29 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GXLYU240NSA 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 17.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 88%

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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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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87E-ITX - $283

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	34x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	33x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	20x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	7x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359