Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	28.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140916
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 22:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 735 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 192 Parallax 172 145% 181 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 169 Splatting 123 112% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 15 18 14 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 400 Write 24.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 16.1 26% 122 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 8.9 37% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 56%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 41GB free Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 79 14 91 96 81 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 412 Write 174 Mixed 195 SusWrite 86.1 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 16 64% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 32.5 40% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 688GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 130 129 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 65 SusWrite 128 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 621GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 156 156 151 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 154 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 3GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 39.7 Write 12 Mixed 17 24% 22.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.7 175% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%

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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 $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 $184	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