Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	97.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 610 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 135 109% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 409 414 426 416 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 442 Mixed 306 SusWrite 406 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 42 150% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 180 153% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 107%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 14GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 410 Write 262 Mixed 289 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45 170% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 265 198% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 288 285 282 281 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 463 Mixed 366 SusWrite 294 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.3 216% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 223GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 64 65 63 64 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 80 Write 81.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 63.5 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 58%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 298GB free Firmware: GM3OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 79 80 77 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.2 Write 78 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 79.3 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 0420 DDR3 1600G 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

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

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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 $129Bench 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 $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) $35	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