Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	102% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 17:13
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 659 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

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: 388.31 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 154 Parallax 134 108% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 1TB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 669GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 88 449 434 367 369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 451 Mixed 369 SusWrite 305 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 44 171% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 342 254% 336 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 234GB free Firmware: MN6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 92 2.4 1.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 88.8 Write 93.6 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 70.5 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 61GB free Firmware: 50.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 53 53 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 55.1 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 52.9 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 143 143 144 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 124 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 142 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 96%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 40GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 109 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 109 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

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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 $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) $30	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