Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 14:19
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 560 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 70 Parallax 60.8 52% 65.1 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 54.7 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 806GB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 91.5 Write 54.6 Mixed 68.2 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.35 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110550368 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8783371226 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2396 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 168024997919 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 562 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58850 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 -140737488355297 (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 -30769145697129 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83029762432 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98944255224	100% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 155 Mixed 147 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 112 Mixed 6.27 207% 289 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 803% 6.21 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 245%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 64GB free Firmware: ES22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224385688 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24209883 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1103 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 156 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2145 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.2% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 119 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.13 52% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4856064 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4328710713 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2014 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 107929010209 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58397 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 -140737488355295 (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 -47420733910108 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37213770510 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44865222746	76.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 141 Mixed 139 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.26 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 70%

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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