Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	98.8% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141212
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 04:20
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 109 2-Core 181 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 560 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 181 Parallax 189 131% 177 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 330 350 404 369 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 395 Mixed 289 SusWrite 378 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 37.9 139% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 210 192% 293 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 104%
FUJITSU MHW2160BJ G1 160GB 33GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12% Very poor	Read 55.7 Write 50 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 0.5 43% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 0.73 MB/s

WDC WD32 02ABYS-01B7A0 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 79GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 96 92 93 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.8% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 74.7 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 93 102% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 38%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 236GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 96 92 93 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.8% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 56.2 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 93.6 84% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 32%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 29GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 84 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 76 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 88 102% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 95% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0.1 0.1 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 0 101% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 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	4x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	3x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $570

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16