Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	195% 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	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.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '23 at 13:47
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 218 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 398 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2021 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 141 Parallax 120 95% 126 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 123 Splatting 120 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 101%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 485GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 930 1063 1151 1153 1163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,063 Write 1,041 Mixed 985 SusWrite 1005 231% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 54.8 189% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 748 560% 746 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 623%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX316C10F/8 2x8GB 1,280 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Killer/3.1 Builds (Compare 37 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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