Asrock Z87 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Killer (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140715
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 16:23
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 415 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2836) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.2% Terrible	Lighting 0.37 Reflection 0.15 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.25 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 0.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5854 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 861 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9179869796	95.9% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 39.5 157% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.4 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 25 31% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 575GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3956 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3111 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3775 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.7% Very good	Read 148 Write 119 Mixed 110 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z87 Killer Builds (Compare 421 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Killer - $216

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	101x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	96x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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) $35	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