Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 20:17
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 570 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 113% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax GXTA1C0240A 240GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 715 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 533 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2031673 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11077	46.6% Average	Read 510 Write 60.9 Mixed 160 52% 244 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 8.67 57% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 33.5 52% 101 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 94%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 138GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3304 (03) Spinup time 188 188 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1719 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 265957 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (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	36.7% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 64.8 Mixed 65.8 49% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 133GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12898009280 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 67 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2387 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2887 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2887 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864314914 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 93 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 110GB free Firmware: MS2OA7C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 71 (03) Spinup time 126 100 12896698553 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 100 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 25776095234 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 522321953 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2508 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2508 (C2) HDA temperature 181 139 184684445729 (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	73.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 135 Mixed 134 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 107%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 54GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 93 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2663 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8719 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11852 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 643 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8683 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 88 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 53 206159085591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1723 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 77311 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159085591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 784	42.1% Average	Read 70.3 Write 76.3 Mixed 72.6 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 50%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 46GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 72.4 Mixed 47.5 80% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 41%
Sony Storage Media 32GB 1,268 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 25GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 136 Write 15.1 Mixed 18.6 48% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 42% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB 0619 SLA302G08-GGNHC 0619 SLA302G08-GGNHC 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 58%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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