Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 06:29
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 159 70% 114 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 288 31% 248 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 69.8 65% 76.7 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 74 Splatting 74.9 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 522GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 413 424 429 420 385 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 445 Mixed 388 SusWrite 414 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.1 171% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 84GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 93 85 96 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 168 Write 113 Mixed 134 SusWrite 94.4 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 28.1 126% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 113 88% 121 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 207GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 159 159 157 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 407 Write 129 Mixed 188 SusWrite 154 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 20.1 85% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 90.9 76% 113 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 95%
Intenso Sata III 512GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 295GB free Firmware: O1225L SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 386 393 398 396 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 375 Mixed 287 SusWrite 393 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 32.5 127% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 190 159% 226 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 102%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB 962 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 40.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 41.6 25% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 11.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 18.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $179	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