Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '16 at 16:15
Run Duration	570 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 637 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 77 73% 84.9 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 69.5 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 895GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,130 Write 1,145 Mixed 1,485 350% 1,587 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 28.6 196% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 150 144% 212 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 250%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 707GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9583 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 411 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17338783846
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 707GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 221 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4036051417	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 402 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 44.5 170% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 171 174% 280 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 859GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 40 Mixed 12.2 37% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.09 16% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 32%
ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 1TB 806GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.1% Very poor	Read 2.45 Write 42.5 Mixed 22.5 35% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.13 21% 0.25 MB/s

ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 1TB 254GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	Read 32.9 Write 42.4 Mixed 29.5 46% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.54 207% 2.23 MB/s

ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 1TB 231GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	Read 34.2 Write 42.3 Mixed 41 52% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.45 202% 2.17 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 4x4GB 727 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 131%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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 $130Bench 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: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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