Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% 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	76.5% 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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 427 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 90% 109 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 102 Splatting 99 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 198 205 206 203 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 146 Mixed 201 SusWrite 202 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 14.5 128% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 79.7 89% 150 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 78%
WD WD20EARX-008FB0 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 466GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 116 116 118 117 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 116 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 116 Mixed 103 SusWrite 114 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C8-4GAB 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-1600C8-4GAB 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $129Bench 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