Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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	97.4% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '19 at 12:28
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 425 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 210 Parallax 217 160% 208 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 196 Splatting 132 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK1T0TBN 1TB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 712GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 366 353 341 365 329 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 440 Mixed 371 SusWrite 356 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.6 147% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 299 225% 300 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 413 421 403 380 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 461 Mixed 391 SusWrite 403 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.6 214% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 340 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 189GB free Firmware: 581ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 171 171 170 208 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 364 Write 267 Mixed 265 SusWrite 185 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.9 158% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 235 178% 239 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 99%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 142 143 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 143 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 99%
UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power32G 32GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 26GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 178 Write 38 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 36.4 69% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 83% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 25 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

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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 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 $130Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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