Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 19:27
Run Duration	364 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (48^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)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 700 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 77.7 73% 84.5 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 68.5 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 555GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2419 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1039 (A5) Unknown 100 100 111700214181 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1182 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 274878758937 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1185415627028 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5738 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8638 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8041 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6706 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.9% Above average	Read 259 Write 179 Mixed 180 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 19.1 80% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 38.9 63% 123 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 372GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4379 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1987 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22507208650	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 49 177% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 112 142% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5995 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4242 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2620 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4518192411	94.7% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 350 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 26.3 135% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 79.9 119% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5041 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2152 (B1) Unknown 99 99 36 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34213225347	98.4% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 254 Mixed 370 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 155 160% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 124%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 53GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 92 13955 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4525 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471007260 (C2) HDA temperature 72 54 504561692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 695805 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45% Average	Read 78.6 Write 78.1 Mixed 61.4 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%
USB DISK 2.0 4GB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Read 16 Write 4.41 Mixed 6.93 10% 9.11 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.009 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 2x8GB 1,721 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.2 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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