Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	90.8% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 706 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 94% 114 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6634 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1070 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 245 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 206159609891 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 46842411086 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1471750292 (F8) Unknown 100 100 29876032	90.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 475 Mixed 348 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 19.3 125% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 18.9 42% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 107GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4043 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 42 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 125 Mixed 117 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 67GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 126 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6406 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1837 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29202 (C2) HDA temperature 102 94 45 (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	35.3% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 66.6 Mixed 62 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 25GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 28 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5781 (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 17129 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3415 (BF) G-sense error rate 92 92 88544 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 51 210454380586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 905 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5897	74.2% Very good	Read 110 Write 149 Mixed 33.7 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.52 108% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 73%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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