Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 18:18
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 478 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 122 Parallax 115 105% 122 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 107 Splatting 88.9 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 251 481 462 235 453 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 555 Mixed 548 SusWrite 371 118% 528 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 41.2 198% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 479 402% 589 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 291%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 99GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 255 268 83 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 432 Write 354 Mixed 331 SusWrite 152 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 28.3 129% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 167 153% 228 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 173 167 174 174 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 357 Write 222 Mixed 238 SusWrite 170 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 163 136% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 785GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 128 127 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 142 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 128 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 149 146 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 153 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 147 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97X Killer Builds (Compare 687 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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