Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '20 at 15:01
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 590 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 60.2 51% 63.4 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 88 71 64 64 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 497 Write 148 Mixed 209 SusWrite 79.3 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 37.4 107% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 154 129% 188 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 58 59 65 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.3% Above average	Read 179 Write 67.5 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 59 22% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 33.8 116% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 81.6 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 72.1 54% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 153 152 154 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 156 Mixed 104 SusWrite 152 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 79 80 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 75.9 Write 78.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 78.4 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-030.A00LF 9905403-001.A03LF 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

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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 $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 $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