Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	97% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '22 at 12:32
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 671 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 516.94 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 111 Parallax 123 95% 117 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 121 Splatting 106 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 249 242 228 222 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 406 Mixed 296 SusWrite 253 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.3 154% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 266 220% 316 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 110GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 157 151 159 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 372 Write 213 Mixed 246 SusWrite 159 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.4 164% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 200 153% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%
Samsung MZNTY256HDHP-00000 256GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 174GB free Firmware: MAT2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 228 227 228 230 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 478 Mixed 339 SusWrite 244 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.1 192% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 339 262% 358 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 682GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 142 141 139 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 146 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 140 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.5% 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% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

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Gaming 66%

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Desktop 85%

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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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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