Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	84.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 07:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 760 83% 656 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 92% 112 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 79GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 404 435 401 390 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 501 Mixed 387 SusWrite 410 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.2 173% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 191 177% 275 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 153GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 406 437 404 393 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 457 Mixed 426 SusWrite 412 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.6 234% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 227 124 228 288 202 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 501 Write 176 Mixed 17 SusWrite 212 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 42.1 113% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 67.1 124% 245 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 181 178 181 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 73.7 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 178 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97X Killer Builds (Compare 687 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $134	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