Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	140% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '21 at 17:27
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 545 63% 492 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 110 92% 114 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 109 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingbank KP230 256G 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0629A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 587 303 137 154 223 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	140% Outstanding	Read 713 Write 617 Mixed 614 SusWrite 270 124% 553 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 48.2 222% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 77.2 209% 450 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 138%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 155 155 156 157 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 149 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 148 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 4x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.9 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,149 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	456x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	269x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	89x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16