Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 19:14
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 516 70% 519 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 200 Parallax 196 143% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 177 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,097 Write 2,358 Mixed 1,434 438% 1,963 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 91.9 310% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,342 DQ Write 1,105 DQ Mixed 1240 924% 1,229 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 220GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 271 271 270 270 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 280 Mixed 321 SusWrite 302 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.6 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 231 209% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 212GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,097 Write 6,264 Mixed 6,466 1,474% 6,609 MB/s	4K Read 500 4K Write 305 4K Mixed 359 1,380% 388 MB/s	DQ Read 1,651 DQ Write 1,427 DQ Mixed 1,495 1,132% 1,524 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 568GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 40.2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 41.1 53% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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