Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	256% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 20:31
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 711 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% 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: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 112 95% 115 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 818GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 3625 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5386 (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 63 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 193274773538 (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 15444 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12371 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9753 (F4) Unknown 100 100 16 (F5) Unknown 100 100 46 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4544384	96.8% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 502 Mixed 485 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 15.8 122% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 15.3 69% 161 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 111%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,544 Write 1,360 Mixed 1,441 392% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 40.2 225% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 62.9 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 39.3 55% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 294%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 546GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 220 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 730 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 674	73.4% Very good	Read 517 Write 353 Mixed 356 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 10.3 102% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 9.89 21% 41 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 42 Mixed 40.6 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 66%

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)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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	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 $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