Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 23:20
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 589 57% 471 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Lighting 56.9 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 79.1 46% 65.6 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 54.2 47% 58.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 540GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 82 81 83 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 447 Write 89.8 Mixed 114 SusWrite 81.2 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 16.1 81% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 115 89% 123 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 126 126 126 127 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 154 Mixed 104 SusWrite 126 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 2,761 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 115GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 13 13 13 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 15.6 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 13.8 26% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 110% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 9905403-152.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8GX 9905403-152.A00LF 20GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

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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 693 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	354x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	112x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16