Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	106% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 11:58
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 658 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 179 144% 183 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 124 95 84 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 488 Mixed 386 SusWrite 149 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 58.7 195% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 232 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 481 482 488 489 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 488 Mixed 464 SusWrite 479 109% 485 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.8 197% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 90 91 90 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 89.5 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 87%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 422GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 42 43 42 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	20% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 34.2 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 41.8 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992125R (997125R) 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 25 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

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

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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 $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 $177	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