Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '16 at 23:40
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4370-$50 1,504 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	64% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 160 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 215 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 1138) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 36 34% 39.8 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 33.9 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 112GB free Firmware: 3.50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7788 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4454 (E8) Unknown 100 100 189493 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	31.7% Below average	Read 189 Write 159 Mixed 165 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 5.24 46% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 16.1 DQ Mixed 5.63 11% 22 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 36%
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4171 (E8) Unknown 100 100 191153 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	32.3% Below average	Read 190 Write 162 Mixed 180 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 5.55 47% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 5.31 11% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 36%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 527 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1360 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1376 (C2) HDA temperature 111 82 32 (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	67.8% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 117 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 70%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	5.18% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 5.07 Mixed 7.68 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.83 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.18% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-558.A00LF 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 55%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $295	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