Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	21.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 03:10
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 755 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2303 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 106 98% 116 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 108 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 2TB-$668 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427A SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 457 473 470 469 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 464 Mixed 397 SusWrite 466 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.1 201% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 310 249% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 238GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 192 217 212 212 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 280 Mixed 292 SusWrite 206 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.1 174% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 257 196% 263 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 89%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 95GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 69.8 Write 67.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 67.1 42% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 27.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

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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 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer - $195

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	352x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	111x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	96x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	26x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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