Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	91.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 09:59
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 Xeon E3-1231 v3-$45 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 564 62% 487 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2522 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 116% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 262 258 267 268 265 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 412 Mixed 222 SusWrite 268 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.2 152% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 110 124% 212 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 521GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 63 70 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 65.9 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 64%

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Gaming 66%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	10x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
S128G 126GBSandiskBench 42%, 21,984 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBCorsairBench 65%, 2,168 samples	4x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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