Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.9% 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	257% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 679 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 94% 112 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 819GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5348 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 99 99 4294970361 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048622 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 65 55 193274773539 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15435 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12364 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9744 (F4) Unknown 100 100 16 (F5) Unknown 100 100 46 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4541824	102% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 499 Mixed 488 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 15.1 125% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 14.8 101% 233 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 707GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,506 398% 1,808 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 39.5 224% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 63.2 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 142 104% 131 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 294%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 688GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 90 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 730 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 367	83% Excellent	Read 520 Write 350 Mixed 347 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 10 102% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 9.83 79% 187 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

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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 $195Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16