Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	177% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 13:36
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 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)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 600 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 980 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 147 82% 112 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 129 91% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 398 421 616 442 365 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 711 Write 628 Mixed 635 SusWrite 463 137% 609 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 84.9 283% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 665 DQ Mixed 942 645% 792 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 340%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 387 371 209 345 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 463 Mixed 312 SusWrite 332 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.3 168% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 181 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 2TB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 958GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 201 200 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 130 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 199 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%
Mass Storage Device 4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 2536 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 20.5 Write 13.3 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 13 20% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 5.6 364% 6.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

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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 $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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $739

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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