Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 22:16
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 612 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 116 Parallax 126 100% 122 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 112 Splatting 101 102% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 76 80 89 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 212 Write 120 Mixed 136 SusWrite 84.7 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 36 132% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 93.7 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 77.9 67% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 73%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 475GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 431 447 451 453 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 455 Mixed 293 SusWrite 436 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.1 172% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 214 196% 300 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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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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Typical Z97X Killer Builds (Compare 686 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	351x
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	48x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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