Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 05:18
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 329 48% 354 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 200 Parallax 193 148% 192 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 173 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 531GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,559 Write 1,520 Mixed 1,371 400% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 56.1 222% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 194 215% 366 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 302%
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 368GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 47 34362818586 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19061 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19061 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13237 (F9) Unknown 100 100 570 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 465 Mixed 494 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.6 148% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 23.2 91% 200 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 96%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 340GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 573 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11776109815	85.2% Excellent	Read 509 Write 350 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 23 139% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 23.1 29% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 203 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14144189704	92.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 347 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 23.6 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 21.6 79% 178 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 560 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

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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 $300	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