Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 16:42
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 503 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 113 93% 114 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 93 128 129 136 130 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 333 Write 146 Mixed 192 SusWrite 120 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 35.2 147% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 124 110% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 70GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 147 173 162 170 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 106 Write 95.5 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 165 70% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 117GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 93 73 43 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 76 SusWrite 82.2 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 71%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 880 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 257GB free, PID a100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 28 45 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 33.5 Mixed 23 SusWrite 37.8 42% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-2133 2x8GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 78%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer - $195

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	352x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	111x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	96x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	26x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16