Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	113% 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	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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 18:30
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 677 63% 525 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 89.4 58% 76 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 57.1 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 396 420 427 424 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 432 Mixed 413 SusWrite 370 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 56 190% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 236 195% 277 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 107%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 225GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 398 177 14 10 15 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 477 Write 403 Mixed 380 SusWrite 148 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 27.5 147% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 1.1 70% 163 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 83 84 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 86.5 Write 92 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 83.6 55% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 610GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 161 162 162 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 157 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 161 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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