Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '23 at 21:37
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 189 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 398 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 19.9 Parallax 22.3 18% 21.6 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 18.4 18% 23.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 129 128 138 123 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 269 Write 153 Mixed 191 SusWrite 127 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 19 68% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 63.6 51% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 152 156 154 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 118 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 155 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 136 135 136 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 80.7 Write 129 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 140 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	268x
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	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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