Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 08:57
Run Duration	541 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 96.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 181 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 284 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1240 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3613 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3463 (A6) Unknown 100 100 77 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 274 (A9) Unknown 100 100 289 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 161 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2738 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 39 167504576540 (D4) Unknown 100 100 53 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1316 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20959 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7087 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6234 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 413 Write 269 Mixed 276 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 11.9 104% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 11 71% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 89%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 931GB free Firmware: KD0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 111011948 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 940838329 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 471466011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1476 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 23 111011948 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116616951977680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 244853488 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1230645853	73.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 102 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.69 150% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 75%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 119GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2067 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 938 (C2) HDA temperature 120 83 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.1% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 86.6 Mixed 87.4 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 140 Write 84 Mixed 96.8 128% 107 MB/s	4K Read 4.68 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 1.5 130% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 39%
General UDisk 2GB 486 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1234, Arecont Vision Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.12% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 2.22 Mixed 3.15 6% 6.55 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 25% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.12% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF 1314 99[1/6/3]988(E/F) 9905471-001.A00LF 1314 99[1/6/3]988(E/F) 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2200, 2200, 2200, 2200 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 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	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	264x
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	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
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 $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