Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	70.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 564 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 113% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax GXTA1C0240A 240GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1078 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 533 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3014730 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16167	70.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 460 Mixed 491 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 11.4 70% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 58.5 38% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 94%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 117GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 93 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2719 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10815 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13171 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 1023 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 9043 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 88 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 206159085592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1760 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 109843 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159085592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 789	37.8% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 74.1 Mixed 65.2 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 50%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 115 115 12898205893 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 88 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2749 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3851 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3851 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219044184098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 122 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 116 Mixed 140 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 99%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 22GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3304 (03) Spinup time 188 186 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2083 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 276991 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 31 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 90.4 Write 48.3 Mixed 82.4 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 54%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 23GB free Firmware: MS2OA7C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 71 (03) Spinup time 125 100 12896960695 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2094 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 25776095237 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 321191970 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3525 (C2) HDA temperature 176 120 214749216802 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.1% Very good	Read 150 Write 97.5 Mixed 88.4 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 107%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 35GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 60.1 Mixed 74.2 83% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 41%
Sony Storage Media 32GB 1,268 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 132 Write 13.7 Mixed 15 44% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.71 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 38% 3.26 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB 0619 SLA302G08-GGNHC 0619 SLA302G08-GGNHC 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 13.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 58%

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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 $279	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 $182	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