Asrock Z690M-ITX/ax

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 120%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	308% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 95% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z690M-ITX/ax (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '22 at 04:20
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$241 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 205 2-Core 416 124% 238 Pts	4-Core 796 8-Core 1,543 139% 1,169 Pts	64-Core 2,418 150% 2,418 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 19,750 User benchmarks, average bench 8% ASRock(1849 4680) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1002 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 9.8 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 11.4 8% 11.8 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.1 0% 0.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1946 1988 1952 1200 247 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 1,425 Write 1,686 Mixed 1511 SusWrite 1,255 332% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 98.3 343% 131 MB/s	DQ Read 1,590 DQ Write 1,465 DQ Mixed 1,241 1,010% 1,432 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 295%
Plextor PX-512M10PGN 512GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 366% 477GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3013 1031 1005 1013 1021 1010 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	403% Outstanding	Read 2,826 Write 3,468 Mixed 2,589 SusWrite 1,349 576% 2,558 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 301 4K Mixed 117 392% 157 MB/s	DQ Read 2,154 DQ Write 1716 DQ Mixed 1,928 1,445% 1,933 MB/s
Poor: 315% ↑ This bench: 403% Great: 437%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 190 153 189 187 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 124 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 180 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3600C18D4/16GX 2x16GB 12,541 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 48.2 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 41.8 127% 44.5 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 34.6 106% 37.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

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

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Desktop 111%

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Workstation 163%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z690M-ITX/ax

CPU
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	294x
Core i7-12700KIntel $241Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	147x
Core i5-13600KIntel $273Bench 122%, 27,559 samples	104x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	124x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	104x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	92x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	76x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	73x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBTeamBench 91%, 12,641 samples	38x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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