Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 218 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 495 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 122 100% 122 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 95.7 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 105 128 124 112 121 MB/s Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.2% Very good	Read 265 Write 197 Mixed 206 SusWrite 118 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 34.3 140% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 106 110% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 82%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 111GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 239 111 91 93 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 381 Write 240 Mixed 290 SusWrite 140 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 22.9 76% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 120 100% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 750GB 4,800 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 273GB free Firmware: JB2OA3K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 77 79 78 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 83.9 Write 85.9 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 77.1 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 26 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

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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 686 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	351x
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	48x

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 $273	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 $186	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