Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 06:15
Run Duration	910 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 420 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4616 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 367 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 45 236224118815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35283254191 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1127153060 (F8) Unknown 100 100 676255074	87.2% Excellent	Read 513 Write 322 Mixed 224 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 26.3 125% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 47.5 84% 160 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34388050350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 158915231777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 196 Mixed 92.6 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 226GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 29292656 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38122743 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4625 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 142188412955 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59194 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 -140737488355301 (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 -60833916776318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5212006375 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6535880185	98.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 161 Mixed 110 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.38 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 121GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108961856 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16555682 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4549 (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 70 47 202366779422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34250 (C2) HDA temperature 30 53 -140737488355298 (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 70712341564706 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9549136638 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10016722447	76.9% Very good	Read 163 Write 105 Mixed 89.5 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 66GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 95 Write 73.3 Mixed 62.1 94% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 43%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 29GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 17.7 Mixed 17.4 27% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.8 68% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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 $140Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $883

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16