Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 11:36
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 205 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 596 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 66.3 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 72.3 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 590GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 405 436 436 434 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 456 Mixed 444 SusWrite 399 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53 188% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 219 105 92 87 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 449 Write 420 Mixed 332 SusWrite 138 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.8 151% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 188 173% 267 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 70 58 57 58 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 452 Write 361 Mixed 322 SusWrite 83 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 37.8 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 111 129% 223 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 148GB free Firmware: 58.01D58 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 72 73 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 75.2 Write 71 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 72.3 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 196 195 197 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 158 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 193 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 841GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 107 107 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 101 Write 73.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 105 112% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 KHX1600C10D3/8G Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns

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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 $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) $30	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