Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.6% 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	99.8% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 09:00
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 190 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 614 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 125 Parallax 115 95% 119 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 109 Splatting 112 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2026 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 459 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 142 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6160972925	99.8% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 406 Mixed 400 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 40.2 142% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 110 121% 206 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 124%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 17GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 1783 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1264 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7622 (C2) HDA temperature 119 88 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.5% Below average	Read 67 Write 52.9 Mixed 62.9 46% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 14.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 86%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $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