Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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	91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 20:32
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 696 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB; NE51070015P2-1041J CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2140 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 109 Parallax 105 94% 110 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3778 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2338 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (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 66 46 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 157 (EB) Unknown 99 99 979 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40635492182
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 744GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82367 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 206159151134 (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 200 200 815 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	70.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 129 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 232GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 240 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 17394975426 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 522059807 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 38654705695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 33 240 (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 -25344602006573 (F1) Unknown 100 253 432007989 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2575669282	69.7% Good	Read 127 Write 115 Mixed 98.8 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.79 233% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 74%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 86GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 139 Write 35.4 Mixed 49.2 76% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.71 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.56 80% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 78%

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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