Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 15:01
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 216 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 412 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2094 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 68.6 65% 74.8 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 70 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 499 Mixed 528 128% 577 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.3 172% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 23.3 37% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4487062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -60868276494020 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1693 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 802 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 921 (BD) vendor-specific 28 82 51544981532 (C2) HDA temperature 28 82 51544981532 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4487062 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4487062 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4487062 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 45827 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24843 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24843 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21952	76% Very good	Read 481 Write 185 Mixed 248 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 21.6 124% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 43.1 77% 150 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53673496 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82532560 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 655884323 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60275 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 47244640291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 61276298423758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60415527342 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83662207275	87.1% Excellent	Read 167 Write 137 Mixed 172 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 113%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 107 154% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.44 73% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 63%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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