Asrock Z87 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 23:10
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 605 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 84.2 65% 83.9 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 70 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 286 288 287 286 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 448 Mixed 377 SusWrite 305 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.1 215% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 210GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 383 385 421 387 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 419 Mixed 313 SusWrite 401 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 32.8 145% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 253 210% 300 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 911GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 81 SusWrite 104 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 20GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 41 42 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 98 Write 44.3 Mixed 28 SusWrite 41.7 62% 53 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.6 99% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x4GB 899 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.6 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 67%

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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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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Killer - $216

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	101x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	96x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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