Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	122% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 17:51
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 239 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 640 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% 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 (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 109 Parallax 121 95% 116 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 117 Splatting 101 102% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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: 410 424 426 430 368 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 471 Mixed 392 SusWrite 396 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.3 200% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 110GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 157 157 160 164 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 390 Write 225 Mixed 236 SusWrite 156 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.9 168% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 176 143% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%
Samsung MZNTY256HDHP-00000 256GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 186GB free Firmware: MAT2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 229 230 230 230 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 472 Mixed 369 SusWrite 245 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.4 199% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 336 261% 357 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 859GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 158 157 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 181 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 158 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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	44.8% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 73%

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Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $39	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