Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 17:45
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 216 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 592 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 109 Parallax 119 94% 114 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 114 Splatting 93.4 98% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 374 328 304 307 318 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 476 Mixed 380 SusWrite 340 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 52 170% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 110GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 149 156 161 162 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 390 Write 220 Mixed 236 SusWrite 159 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.4 164% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 195 152% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%
Samsung MZNTY256HDHP-00000 256GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 186GB free Firmware: MAT2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 231 231 232 230 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 452 Mixed 341 SusWrite 246 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 57.8 202% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 338 261% 357 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 859GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 152 154 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 148 Write 136 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 152 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 73%

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Gaming 66%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	10x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
S128G 126GBSandiskBench 42%, 21,984 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBCorsairBench 65%, 2,168 samples	4x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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