Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	153% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 01:47
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 665 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 116 73% 92.7 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 43.9 50% 63 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 438 440 441 440 439 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 605 Write 601 Mixed 590 SusWrite 451 127% 562 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 65.5 220% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 800 585% 762 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 228%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 103GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 221 219 221 226 232 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 436 Mixed 409 SusWrite 220 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 53.7 194% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 91GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 221 219 221 226 206 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 435 Mixed 405 SusWrite 216 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 52.2 180% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 111GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 221 219 221 226 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 412 SusWrite 220 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 68.6 209% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 125GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 221 219 221 226 232 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 434 Mixed 384 SusWrite 220 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 47.9 184% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 111GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 946 408 336 335 335 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,049 Write 942 Mixed 859 SusWrite 449 185% 825 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 59.6 213% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 983 724% 948 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 280%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $158

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	264x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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