Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-4690K-$189 152,974 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76% Very good	1-Core 113 2-Core 228 80% 171 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 432 59% 432 Pts	64-Core 433 29% 433 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 24,186 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 222 Reflection 161 Parallax 313 58% 232 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 198 Splatting 185 54% 171 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 20,160 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 127 80 90 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 471 Write 194 Mixed 235 SusWrite 102 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 19 118% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 57.9 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 71%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 44GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 436 439 244 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 460 Mixed 437 SusWrite 288 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.7 156% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 327 246% 331 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 15,837 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 313 270 103 112 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 488 Mixed 408 SusWrite 216 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.3 220% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$65 155,668 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 32GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 74 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 95.3 Write 88.2 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 73.2 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,878 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.6 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 25.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 3,861 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 78%, 274,297 samples	1,359x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 73%, 152,974 samples	1,021x
Core i7-4790Intel $318Bench 69%, 130,387 samples	238x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	634x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	380x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	343x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	341x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 111%, 442,547 samples	241x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 97%, 129,520 samples	91x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,543 samples	138x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 23,009 samples	122x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 56%, 34,148 samples	87x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $971

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24