Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 19:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 155 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 295 33% 261 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.2 86% 103 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 95.7 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 442 465 457 454 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 449 Mixed 334 SusWrite 448 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 39.3 161% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 328 255% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 119%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 45GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 345 342 354 350 350 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 464 Write 340 Mixed 240 SusWrite 345 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 13.6 113% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 87.1 109% 188 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 86%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 372GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 69 SusWrite 136 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16