Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 10:01
Run Duration	141 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 i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 183 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 263 36% 267 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1225 MHz, MLim: 1340 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 23GB free Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3386 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3363 (A6) Unknown 100 100 77 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 268 (A9) Unknown 100 100 289 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 159 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2694 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 39 167504576542 (D4) Unknown 100 100 53 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1310 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20631 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6875 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5984 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74% Very good	Read 423 Write 186 Mixed 225 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 21.4 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 16.1 65% 148 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 89%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: KD0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 213139258 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 928606006 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 571867168 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1376 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 23 213139258 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28879360055512 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3061485440 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1336526642	67% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 114 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.59 126% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 75%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 114GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2050 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1969 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 884 (C2) HDA temperature 116 83 34 (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	47.3% Average	Read 88.1 Write 76.4 Mixed 86.3 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF 1314 99[1/6/3]988(E/F) 9905471-001.A00LF 1314 99[1/6/3]988(E/F) 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $158

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	265x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16