Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.5% 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	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$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)	93% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 514 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 122 99% 122 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 154 159 151 159 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 287 Write 206 Mixed 216 SusWrite 151 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 39.7 142% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 129 122% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 79GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 223 201 110 83 88 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 414 Write 195 Mixed 223 SusWrite 161 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 21.4 4K Mixed 24.5 83% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 118 98% 146 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 750GB 4,800 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 286GB free Firmware: JB2OA3K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 79 78 81 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 89.4 Write 26 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 77 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.1 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

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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 $269	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 $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 $40	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