Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.8% 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 Drive251% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock Z97X Killer  (all builds)
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151012
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateAug 13 '17 at 08:36
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 87
1-Core 120
2-Core 237
83% 148 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 616
65% 522 Pts
64-Core 650
40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1653 MHz, MLim: 1953 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 110
Parallax 106
94% 110 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 109
Splatting 98.1
85% 104 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116
237GB free
Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 327
Mixed 241
79% 357 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 32.8
139% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 53.2
81% 150 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 97%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
251% Outstanding
Read 1,877
Write 1,212
Mixed 1,205
316% 1,431 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 201
4K Mixed 56.1
257% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 913
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 250
262% 452 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 251%
Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
930GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 178
Mixed 152
129% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1.21
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.37
146% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 105%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.7% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.3
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 17.2
47% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 123%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97X Killer Builds (Compare 687 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer - $195

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $873
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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