Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '19 at 13:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 601 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 118 91% 116 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 88.2 80% 98.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 98 88 88 110 113 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 391 Write 144 Mixed 207 SusWrite 101 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 31.8 154% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 44.9 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 553GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 443 461 448 446 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 425 Mixed 363 SusWrite 444 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.7 165% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 126 156% 276 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 949GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 121 119 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 145 Write 134 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 119 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 347GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 107 SusWrite 110 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%

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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 $84Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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