Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 04:02
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 427 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 101 74% 99.2 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 94 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 52 54 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.6% Below average	Read 162 Write 85 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 78.3 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 18.4 74% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 55 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 89.2 61% 74.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 87%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 5 5.6 7.4 10 9.4 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 8 Write 14 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 7.4 7% 9.73 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5584-009.A00LF 99U5584-009.A00LF 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns

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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

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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 $15	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