Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	88.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 23:53
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 642 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 189 Parallax 166 133% 173 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 166 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 804GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 152 152 38682296719 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 864 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 864 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 231928954911 (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	10.4% Very poor	Read 115 Write 87.9 Mixed 85.1 21% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.14 2% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 15%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18333 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2577 (B1) Unknown 58 58 504 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 56 (EB) Unknown 99 99 366 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69249340035	88.5% Excellent	Read 481 Write 340 Mixed 349 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 21.3 131% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 67.9 96% 179 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3415231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -102864466737676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 8592752668 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 8592752668 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3415231 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3415231 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3415231 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2149 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1220 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1220 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1624	61.9% Good	Read 449 Write 110 Mixed 168 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.8 115% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 63.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 30.6 41% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 136GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 90 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789006115 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4062 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5085 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5085 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 206158954525 (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	74.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 126 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.3 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 61%

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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