Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.7% 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	43.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140624
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 57.3 1-Core 38.9 2-Core 106 40% 67.5 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 426 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 48 33% 39.4 fps	MRender 46.3 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 33.6 32% 40.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 84 90 91 83 85 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.8% Average	Read 245 Write 144 Mixed 161 SusWrite 89.3 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 19.4 58% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 131 124% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 89%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 136GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 311 276 295 296 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 325 Write 298 Mixed 308 SusWrite 296 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 33.6 92% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 694 454% 537 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 280%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 355GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 94 95 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 100 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 96.2 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 538GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 65 65 64 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 75.8 Write 83 Mixed 52 SusWrite 64.9 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 11 11 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 21.5 Write 13.8 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 11.4 17% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 15% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 2.2 SC Mixed 7.3 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 136 30% 136 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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