Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% 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	104% 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 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 20:57
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 396 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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: 460.89 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 96% 125 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 124 Splatting 111 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS512GMTE110S 512GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0905C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 295 151 152 146 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 648 Write 541 Mixed 542 SusWrite 210 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 23.5 153% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 454 DQ Write 499 DQ Mixed 307 278% 420 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 240%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 309GB free Firmware: AX0A3M SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 86 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 79.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 86.1 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 172GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 82 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 79.2 Write 89.6 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 80.7 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 50%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 74 75 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 51.4 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 73.7 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 43%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 846GB free Firmware: ALF06M SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 52 69 103 106 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 144 Write 122 Mixed 135 SusWrite 85 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 13.7 2,374% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 13.3 126% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 24.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16