Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 443 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 37.3 27% 33.3 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 33.2 30% 37.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 629GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 537 Mixed 574 135% 607 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 32.3 153% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 188 210% 358 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 302%
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 372GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 47 34362818588 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18483 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18483 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12644 (F9) Unknown 100 100 564 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 449 Mixed 317 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.5 152% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 49.9 105% 212 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 96%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 342GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 564 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 72 48 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11738891204	96.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 344 Mixed 351 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 28.1 142% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 23 91% 204 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26877 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 194 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13804066143	85.3% Excellent	Read 500 Write 344 Mixed 348 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 22 131% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44.4 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 47.5 64% 110 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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