Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 22:32
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 439 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 62 Parallax 98.1 59% 77.6 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 80.7 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 70 89 70 45 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 319 Write 192 Mixed 236 SusWrite 72.4 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 19.7 118% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 59.6 64% 106 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 72%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 45GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 125 117 98 98 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 488 Write 202 Mixed 326 SusWrite 124 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 33.9 126% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 299 210% 270 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 305 306 269 201 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 488 Mixed 398 SusWrite 276 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.9 213% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 122%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 35GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 65.3 Write 61.5 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 74.8 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 25 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

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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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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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