Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	268% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 16:30
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 703 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1540 MHz, MLim: 1903 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 87.5 71% 88.4 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 71.1 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,451 Write 1,350 Mixed 1,488 389% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 48.8 215% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 210 243% 416 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5297 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 933 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 67 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20044391876	116% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 409 Mixed 422 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 49.9 181% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 126 152% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16