Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 189% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 160% UFO


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	217% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	144% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '21 at 05:07
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 738 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$630 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Asus(1043 8807) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Lighting 323 Reflection 287 Parallax 331 264% 314 fps	MRender 363 Gravity 264 Splatting 188 213% 272 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 179 177 170 167 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 682 Write 630 Mixed 610 SusWrite 222 120% 536 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 74.4 248% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 256 287% 482 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 387GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 431 452 456 454 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 467 SusWrite 428 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.7 207% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 30GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 286 125 124 122 155 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 487 Mixed 470 SusWrite 189 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 60.8 201% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 933GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 136 136 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 127 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 136 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 37%

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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 $134	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