Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 04:05
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$100 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 437 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 193 Parallax 175 147% 183 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 272GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 530 Mixed 562 132% 596 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 43.7 165% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 403 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 22.9 105% 240 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140516 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1225 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48618 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 51201 (A5) Unknown 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 78 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 197630 (F2) Unknown 100 100 250973	70.9% Very good	Read 508 Write 263 Mixed 326 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.5 110% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 17.4 27% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82625728 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11650128 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (B7) Unknown 85 85 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 21475164219 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10743 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 34359738401 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 31 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -26779121085497 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5849550915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8811233964	63.5% Good	Read 91.6 Write 130 Mixed 82.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 0420 F3-12800CL8-2GBRM 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 0420 F3-12800CL8-2GBRM 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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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 $55Bench 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 $85Bench 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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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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