Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	77% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 596 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 160 91% 120 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 118 Splatting 127 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 115 89 89 89 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 503 Write 154 Mixed 190 SusWrite 100 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 36.9 135% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 154 128% 187 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 61 62 63 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	50.8% Above average	Read 178 Write 63.3 Mixed 90 SusWrite 60 22% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 33.2 119% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.3 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 69.2 52% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 296GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 157 159 161 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 105 Write 96.5 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 159 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 69 71 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 70.3 Write 68.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 71.3 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.7% 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

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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 $133	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