Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.4% 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	86.6% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2715 x 1527 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 02:15
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 650 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 57 Parallax 46.4 49% 54.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 56 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 845DC EVO 240GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT03X3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6947 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 559 (B1) Unknown 98 98 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4369 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 154 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29993607549 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24350835123 (FA) Read error retry rate 99 99 1	86.6% Excellent	Read 513 Write 235 Mixed 301 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 29.5 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 92.5 113% 204 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789530395 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3240 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167505100831 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 149 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4850 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3838 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 373563 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 84 Write 80.5 Mixed 63.9 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 55%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 864GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5719 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29535 (C2) HDA temperature 120 83 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.3% Average	Read 88.5 Write 83.3 Mixed 72.6 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 55%
Initio INIC-1610P 320GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 282GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 36.1 Write 39.3 Mixed 35.7 48% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 95%

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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	354x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	112x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16