Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 22:29
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 406 50% 382 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3759) ≥ 4GB; GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB 11Gbps CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2870 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 108 104% 124 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 38 (AD) Unknown 100 100 392429759 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6468164	39.2% Below average	Read 306 Write 32 Mixed 153 35% 164 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 5.08 83% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 2.78 14% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12681 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 30 (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	58.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 92.6 Mixed 100 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TD4G8C9-OC16A 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0610 TD4G8C9-OC16A 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.4% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 58%

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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 $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 $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