Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 22:54
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 172 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 375 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 48.3 34% 39.9 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 35.1 Splatting 36.9 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 52 68 66 49 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 46.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 53.2 27% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 69%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 443GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 98.4 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: CC31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 125 127 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 66 SusWrite 127 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59% 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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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $158

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	264x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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