Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.8% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '21 at 22:37
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	76.8% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 106 2-Core 195 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 395 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 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)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 132 Parallax 116 95% 121 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 100 Splatting 94.8 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 51 64 56 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 13.5 Write 60.7 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 49.7 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 337GB free Firmware: JEDOA40J SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 35 33 34 34 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 58 Write 29.9 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 33.1 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 118 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 117 Write 74.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 119 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68% 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 (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 62: 7R 7G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
62%	67%	30	229	44	60	24"	1920 1080	BNQ78CE BenQ GL2460

History: Score 31: 4R 3G 2B | Score 62: 7R 7G 6B

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer - $195

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	353x
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	98x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16