Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 632 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 86% 109 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 100 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 80 95 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 95 Write 185 Mixed 116 SusWrite 82.1 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29.9 115% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 133 109% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 120GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 80.7 Write 79.2 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 64.2 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 189 144 146 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 65 Write 92.8 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 170 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 1.1 292% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 133 133 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 94.3 Write 73 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 132 58% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 196% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 0423 Dark-1600 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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