Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% 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	90.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	24.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 04:46
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 217 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 493 56% 437 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.8 80% 101 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 98 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 512GB-$265 596 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 116 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 60196 (A5) Unknown 100 100 141 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 35 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 363842 (F2) Unknown 100 100 113459 (F5) Unknown 100 100 481568	90.7% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 442 Mixed 470 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 25.1 107% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 20.3 81% 177 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 568GB free Firmware: HP13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 199284128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 104 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 13310624816 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2251 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4083527365 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 941 (BC) Unknown 100 99 19 (BD) vendor-specific 10 10 90 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 555024412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20649 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 55834574876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 104 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	89.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 144 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.46 128% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Gator 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 5410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 8.64 Mixed 10.6 16% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.26 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 32% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 59%

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

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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	266x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16