Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '24 at 20:39
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 389 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 118 Parallax 136 109% 129 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 325 27 14 185 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,263 Write 984 Mixed 842 SusWrite 160 180% 812 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 47.3 161% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 271 270% 438 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 255%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 273 362 439 408 444 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 440 Mixed 356 SusWrite 353 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 48.2 156% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 129GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 123 135 137 134 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 362 Write 204 Mixed 222 SusWrite 133 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 31 110% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 132 111% 159 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 85%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$176 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 118 121 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 120 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	48	13	144	24"	1280 720	ACR050E Acer XB241H

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,148 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	456x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	269x
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	89x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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