Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.9% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '16 at 04:27
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (50^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 557 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F6) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.9% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 32 Parallax 38.7 28% 34.9 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 21 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 96179895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -36026185664046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 51 90197655589 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 90197655589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 96179895 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 96179895 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 96179895 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15809 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8801	49.4% Average	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 112 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 13.8 95% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 35.7 58% 111 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135084536 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 52 223356897565 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 33 10544716840992 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28236 (C2) HDA temperature 32 67 98784247840 (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 -19529216293764 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9926139066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11228747333
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 155724848 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3000211 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 605749281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2836 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 155724848 (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 22965190131818 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4885286538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76417824	72.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 118 Mixed 67.1 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 7.36 4K Mixed 0.53 238% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 90%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 256GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790447935 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 62583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 72 72 34127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 34127 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 253404381219 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 81.2 Write 74.8 Mixed 76.1 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 0423 Dark-1600 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 61%

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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 $245Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16