Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 406 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 57.3 Parallax 106 68% 82.3 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 73.9 58% 70 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 591GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 3467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2789 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 109 (A3) Unknown 100 100 90 (A4) Unknown 100 100 125413 (A5) Unknown 100 100 224 (A6) Unknown 100 100 25 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1653 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1020509 (F2) Unknown 100 100 832798 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2006608	94.5% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 387 Mixed 436 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 34.5 127% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 67.9 102% 193 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 920GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68868936 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 74769724 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3464 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 88 88 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 38694093437 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 555024413 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19777 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 42 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114731461365778 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54537707794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 513472514241	59.3% Above average	Read 57.5 Write 148 Mixed 121 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.71 206% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 44.6 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 21.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 88%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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