Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 09:49
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 645 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22F1) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 77.6 51% 70.3 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 56.3 50% 62 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 428GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,416 Mixed 1,642 375% 1,688 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 58.9 211% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 25.9 100% 217 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 80GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5073 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 608 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 62 32 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5202663105	96.7% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 411 Mixed 418 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 41.1 158% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 26.6 33% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 122%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1817 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2263401 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 581 (AE) Unknown 100 100 277 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 34 206159151138 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1936 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1628 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25685919287 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39159743506	45.8% Average	Read 441 Write 292 Mixed 235 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 9.19 4K Mixed 7.26 31% 9.25 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 5.63 8% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 56%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 103477699 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 48 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15299923 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 81247896343140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 68 1 12885164031 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 538574876 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25672 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 25769803804 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 108351 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135446088643850 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3263937256 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2709073843	59.4% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 114 Mixed 51.9 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 330GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 42228 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 81 3060 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5401 (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 9684 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 145 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5076 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 277 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244813922329 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 96 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5022 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 145 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 230179	36.7% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 74 Mixed 77.8 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 59%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 0GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7939 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3496 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 566730 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	31.2% Below average	Read 54.6 Write 53.8 Mixed 72.9 46% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 11.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 57%

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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