Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '16 at 16:16
Run Duration	423 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 552 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 33 Parallax 61.5 40% 48 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 41.2 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 77 22077608 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 35 (07) Seek error rate 50 40 26861468637685 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 17 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4815 (BB) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 37 706740266 (C2) HDA temperature 42 63 60129542186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 52 224724211 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.4% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 48.5 Mixed 60.7 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 43%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 96GB free Firmware: 21.02J21 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 117 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 175678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9682 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 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 200 253 427354 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	18.8% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 43.3 Mixed 36.5 26% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 33%
Samsung HD251HJ 250GB-$39 2,756 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 54GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 94 3403 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2700 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 11706 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 470 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 10729 (0D) Soft read error rate 96 96 3125 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 225 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3138 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437780506 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 521666591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 217407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 64 (C8) Write error rate 99 98 291 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33.1% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 56.4 Mixed 69 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 53%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 160GB-$34 2,739 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 9GB free Firmware: GMBOA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 12897026229 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1630 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1823 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1823 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 236224184355 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 53.1 Mixed 54.5 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 41%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	7.54% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 8.23 Mixed 7.51 14% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.32 44% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.54% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 20.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%

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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 $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