Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	81.9% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 16:12
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 704 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 204GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4761 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31916452 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 399 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 65 279173726235 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1185427751188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3579 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4530 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4223 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6806 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.5% Above average	Read 317 Write 178 Mixed 200 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 11.2 82% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 10.6 44% 101 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 504 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22912727745	81.9% Excellent	Read 512 Write 405 Mixed 408 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 21.6 117% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 75.2 50% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 134%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 63 25010659 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4697174780 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1159 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 6 25010659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 149 Write 155 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.55 145% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 166 5033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 828 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27187 (C2) HDA temperature 128 112 22 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 100 Mixed 79.3 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.17 87% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166971528 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84809191 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065702 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 471400474 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84166 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 51539607578 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -61229053751308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 65195494914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 403207919020	89.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 153 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150241011 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1913 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 55 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 310096040 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1913 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BC) Unknown 100 89 69 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 488374300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 8 150241011 (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 -122763050186459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46341517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 212544807	44.4% Average	Read 80.3 Write 74.2 Mixed 83.1 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 76GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 141 141 25799557694 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1814 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 249109020707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.5% Average	Read 80.9 Write 70.5 Mixed 70.1 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.36 87% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

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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 $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