Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 12:34
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 649 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 63.2 56% 67.3 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 57.5 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10790 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2610 (B1) Unknown 95 95 177 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13241184722
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 70 102447924 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5381051 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3723736645695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 572129310 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 85899345950 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127753802219567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1986200407 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8363213943	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 177 Mixed 115 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.29 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 535GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 222 7600 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3376 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3034 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 156813 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 97 Write 83.4 Mixed 4.99 44% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 360GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1809 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1797 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54197 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.7% Good	Read 116 Write 99 Mixed 106 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 195GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 223 7658 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4565 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 400393 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.5% Average	Read 75 Write 76.5 Mixed 43.7 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94560872 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49609837 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 4816633886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74416 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98088463112961 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18342810898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32378356995	79.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 68.9 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 114%
Generic USB SD Reader 32GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 24GB free, PID 6377 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 18.6 Write 17.9 Mixed 16.6 23% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3.37 4K Mixed 1.89 200% 3.68 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 70%

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Typical Z97X Killer Builds (Compare 687 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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