Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	63.5% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 04:07
Run Duration	364 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 433 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 85.2 80% 93.6 fps	MRender 85.2 Gravity 88.5 Splatting 75.3 67% 83 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L1 256GB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 139GB free Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 769 Write 298 Mixed 424 109% 497 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 20.5 154% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 135 91% 106 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 152%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18958266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -119803817742362 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4649 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 694 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 100 (BD) vendor-specific 24 76 42954653720 (C2) HDA temperature 24 76 42954653720 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18958266 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18958266 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18958266 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39483 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16340 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16340 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23025	63.5% Good	Read 478 Write 127 Mixed 199 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 11.4 118% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 13.1 28% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 318GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237767096 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43260723841 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1885 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262685 (BD) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 504954906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1957 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3835 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 38654705690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 38	73% Very good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 127 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 98%
General UDisk 8GB 7,759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 4.51 Mixed 5.66 8% 7.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.88 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 15% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF 0422 76.B146G.C340C 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns

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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 $109Bench 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 $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