Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150313
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 01:20
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i5-4590-$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)	79.2% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 104 2-Core 171 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 389 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 128 Parallax 114 96% 120 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 100 Splatting 95.2 89% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 461GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 33 53 70 90 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 181 Write 161 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 64.5 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 341GB free Firmware: JEDOA40J SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 28 35 38 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 57.9 Write 53.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 37.3 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 120 120 119 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 116 Write 95.8 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 120 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 43%

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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 $129Bench 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: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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