Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 15:31
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 654 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 97.6 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 91 91 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 114 Write 184 Mixed 139 SusWrite 95.1 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28 119% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 118 98% 138 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 81GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 51 52 53 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 51.9 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 186 191 149 149 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74% Very good	Read 86.3 Write 89 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 170 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 1.1 285% 3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 113 115 112 114 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 83 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 112 55% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 0423 Dark-1600 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

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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%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16