Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% 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 (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 22:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 492 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 126% 146 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 145 Splatting 118 102% 125 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 37 57 30 56 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.8% Average	Read 202 Write 109 Mixed 155 SusWrite 50.1 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 30.5 103% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 77.9 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 101 76% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 167GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 123 124 124 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 97.5 Mixed 74 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 101GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 73 72 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.6 Write 80.4 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 74.1 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 411GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 79 74 81 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 79.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 77.7 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

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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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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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 $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 $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