Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 23:21
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 225 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 525 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 3511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 122 Parallax 141 117% 136 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 116% 146 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 310 302 304 308 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 442 Mixed 369 SusWrite 291 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.7 205% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 219GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 351 329 299 303 295 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 430 Mixed 400 SusWrite 298 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.1 169% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 291 236% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
Transcend TS256GMTE110S 256GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 204GB free Firmware: R0515A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 153 415 619 620 623 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 672 Write 45.4 Mixed 420 SusWrite 426 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 42.5 205% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 718 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 71.6 201% 435 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 191%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 105GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 65 56 54 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 48.3 Write 53.9 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 55.2 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	24"	1280 720	ACI24A4 VG248

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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