Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 04:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 632 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 155 Parallax 129 114% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS400 M.2 256GB-$145 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 123 (A3) Unknown 100 100 42 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22320 (A5) Unknown 100 100 32 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 58 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 57522 (F2) Unknown 100 100 66024 (F5) Unknown 100 100 89280	81% Excellent	Read 502 Write 373 Mixed 436 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 20.5 121% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 20 28% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 102%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23994280 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21811183 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 43 98785820896 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 35 11820491014187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19697 (C2) HDA temperature 43 65 42949673003 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 133 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 19% Great: 65%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94662360 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 61 45818104 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 36 8556298960939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18008 (C2) HDA temperature 43 64 42949673003 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 19% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 22.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 18.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 65%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $46

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