Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% 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	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '21 at 17:38
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 158 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 530 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 187 Parallax 192 142% 184 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 95 47 71 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 261 Write 206 Mixed 185 SusWrite 70.1 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 36.5 116% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 128 108% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 447GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 78 17 289 404 399 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 437 Write 411 Mixed 361 SusWrite 261 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 31 110% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 151 110% 148 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 102%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 226GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 99 103 101 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 79.8 Write 82.2 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 101 55% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 77%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 332GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 110 115 114 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 47.7 Write 81.1 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 113 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1302 1600 CL9 Series Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

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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	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	264x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
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 i5-13600K $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 $184	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) $35	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