Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	259% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 16:07
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 710 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 102 Parallax 89.2 86% 98.9 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 88 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 1,125 Mixed 1,376 334% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 61 280% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 252 267% 464 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 243%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 59GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 7029 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2559 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1147 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 47 227634118681 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14616512611 (F7) Unknown 100 100 697654016 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3340263198	101% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 330 Mixed 396 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 34.4 167% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 48 89% 172 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 885GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 634 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3505 (C2) HDA temperature 120 90 23 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 183 Mixed 163 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.38 148% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 25.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 123%

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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 $129Bench 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: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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