Asrock Z97X Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% 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	84.3% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	1510 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 535 53% 435 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 67 Parallax 60.1 56% 65.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13741 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1024 (A2) Unknown 100 100 455 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4522164 (AE) Unknown 100 100 225 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9243 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12087	84.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 321 Mixed 406 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 12 108% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 12.2 93% 217 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 203GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 133 1500 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8563 (C0) Power-off retract count 190 190 8168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9188 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 42 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 29 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4241 (F1) Unknown 200 200 12652432055 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17532273265	0.57% Terrible	Read 0.19 Write 1.05 Mixed 0.72 0% 0.65 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.44 106% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 0.57% Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1705 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2349 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4030 (F1) Unknown 200 200 10343573248 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10714447378	47.7% Average	Read 87.9 Write 78 Mixed 74.8 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 134GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 133 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2355 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2355 (C2) HDA temperature 103 98 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 2056 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8758519586 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10282582914	50% Above average	Read 88 Write 86.1 Mixed 78.3 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	29x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	8x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	3x

RAM
TIMETEC-UD3-1600 1438 TIMETEC-UD3-1600 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 28GBUnknownBench 38%, 4 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 3,028 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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