Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.2% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 21:57
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 476 52% 411 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.2% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 65.8 50% 65.2 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 54.5 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 398GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9030 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2695 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13508645875	105% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 411 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 45.1 175% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 110 94% 132 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4726 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2204 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20608326106	94.2% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 403 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 27.5 147% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 26.5 50% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 131%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 108GB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.4% Poor	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 108 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 11.6 45% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 23.5 22% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 71%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 608GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211150064 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5422682 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 588382241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31310 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26718991549716 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22377231234 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29770402933	74.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 119 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 226GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127165376 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4343428897 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6716 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098504 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622067749 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 20 127165376 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111737869204468 (F1) Unknown 100 253 73097719 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2825128068	49.8% Average	Read 92.8 Write 80.7 Mixed 78.3 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%
ST2000DX 002-2DV164 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.1% Below average	Read 42.5 Write 42.8 Mixed 33.2 50% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.69 208% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 31%
WDC WD20 EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 233GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 37.8 Mixed 37.2 49% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $158

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	456x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	269x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	89x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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