Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 18:31
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 548 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 57.8 48% 59.7 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 52.7 47% 58.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10528 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 743 (B1) Unknown 94 94 110 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 232 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47005713531	74.6% Very good	Read 457 Write 127 Mixed 197 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 26.8 125% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 73.1 101% 191 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214085688 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10983869 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 521797661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19373 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 34359738397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88678189764072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8409287682 (F2) Unknown 100 253 127104060650
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106894544 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11005419 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 521797660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19389 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 34359738396 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50388556313116 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8411103015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109924804555
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 102 Write 99.1 Mixed 80.3 119% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 44%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 886GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 180 Write 171 Mixed 130 201% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 167%
528 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 35GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 116 Write 8.61 Mixed 14.7 38% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.005 42% 3.69 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 712 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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 $130Bench 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: $873

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 $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) $30	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