Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '23 at 13:53
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 213 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 272 36% 272 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dogfish 1TB 1TB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0317A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 15 15 12 17 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 286 Write 236 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 52.2 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 89.6 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 0.3 54% 123 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 99%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 611GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 100 94 96 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 91 Write 106 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 101 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 5.4 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $94Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16