Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 05:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 692 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 100 95% 113 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 894GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5311 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 99 99 4294970361 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048622 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 65 58 180389871651 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15229 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12165 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9722 (F4) Unknown 100 100 16 (F5) Unknown 100 100 46 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4487488	88.1% Excellent	Read 504 Write 483 Mixed 498 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.2 112% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 14.7 50% 103 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 111%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 722GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,138 Write 1,277 Mixed 1,520 364% 1,645 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 29.1 182% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 22.7 38% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 294%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 703GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 730 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 307	66.8% Good	Read 499 Write 344 Mixed 356 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 9.05 84% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 7.98 18% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 27.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

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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	353x
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	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16