Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	102% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$65 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 110 2-Core 199 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 569 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.7 83% 104 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 99.7 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 248 258 265 247 267 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 405 Mixed 339 SusWrite 269 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 53.4 176% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 312 235% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 174GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 354 359 363 362 268 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 380 Mixed 359 SusWrite 340 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 48.2 149% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 273 204% 274 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 125%
Adata SP600NS34 256GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 137GB free Firmware: 5.8f SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 258 304 304 303 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 366 Write 305 Mixed 257 SusWrite 296 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.3 143% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 150 151% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 2.8 3.6 3.3 4 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.4% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 10 Mixed 19 SusWrite 3.3 17% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.4% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 22.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $295	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