Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	158% 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560x1440x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	11.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 08:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 172 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 470 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

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: 398.98 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 180 Parallax 181 134% 175 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 161 Splatting 115 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 437 611 610 611 608 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 600 Mixed 493 SusWrite 568 133% 592 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55.6 206% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 787 569% 738 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 1GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 492 Mixed 403 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.4 214% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 578GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 115 118 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 112 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 118 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 365GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 128 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 117 Write 84.5 Mixed 103 SusWrite 128 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer - $195

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	352x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	111x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	96x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	26x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $872

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