Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.1 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 13 '21 at 18:40
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (99^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 96.7 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 316 43% 319 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 146 Parallax 132 103% 135 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 139 Splatting 121 98% 118 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS512GMTE110S 512GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0905C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 135 143 208 141 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 421 Write 194 Mixed 175 SusWrite 154 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 17.7 92% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 180 166% 263 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 240%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: ALF06M SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 104 102 102 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 170 Write 123 Mixed 139 SusWrite 103 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 14.9 2,521% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 13.2 124% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 76%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 553GB free Firmware: AX0A3M SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 104 102 103 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 102 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 23GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 55 57 54 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 78.3 Write 76.1 Mixed 41 SusWrite 55.2 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 50%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 136GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 38.1 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 66.6 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 43%

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 (91^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 22 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.2% 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 $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 $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