Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 14:31
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 398 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 80.8 75% 88 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 72.4 65% 80 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3830 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 420 (B1) Unknown 98 98 77 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13236401731
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1921 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1033 (AA) Unknown 87 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 100 94492557346 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 133847 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 87 100 0 (E9) Unknown 80 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133847 (F2) Unknown 100 100 175535 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40086	78.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 190 Mixed 245 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 25.2 130% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 46 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4136 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 134 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 825GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 166 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4934 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3383 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52732 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 33 (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 200 160 1199 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 87.2 Write 76.6 Mixed 90.9 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 593GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 530 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 165 Mixed 161 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 194GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 85574003 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 721872 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 572325918 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 30 26 111669149726 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 16 85574003 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124562641518891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1554788979 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5329350	91% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 159 Mixed 112 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 53GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 74.4 Write 59.3 Mixed 53.1 77% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

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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	353x
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	98x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16