Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140916
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 02:32
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 232 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 458 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 117% 144 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 149 146 146 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 429 Mixed 395 SusWrite 181 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.5 214% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 163 166 164 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 153 Mixed 100 SusWrite 163 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 906GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 108 Write 71.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 45.6 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 63%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.3 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 5 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 5.1 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4 4 3.2 4 4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 17.2 Write 2 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.7 7% 6.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.8 171% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 13%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 280GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 69 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 70.4 84% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 71%

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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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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