Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 10:25
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 419 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 132 Parallax 122 96% 124 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 126 Splatting 111 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 185 190 185 184 176 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 433 Write 153 Mixed 190 SusWrite 180 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 20.4 79% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 61.6 DQ Mixed 97.1 92% 151 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 290GB free Firmware: ALF06M SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 153 Write 124 Mixed 106 SusWrite 81.9 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 13.7 2,382% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 13.6 130% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 76%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX0A3M SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 111 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%
TDK LoR 2 in 1 Micro 16GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 0720 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.1 4 3.7 3.6 4.1 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Read 21 Write 10.8 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 3.8 17% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GET.AU10C 1x8GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $400Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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