Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 17:23
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 160 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 434 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 105 Parallax 91.9 73% 95.5 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 93.1 75% 91 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 1TB free Firmware: 4B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 27 29 25 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,660 Write 28.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 24.8 144% 693 MB/s	4K Read 356 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 4.1 545% 121 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 172 167 161 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 375 Write 314 Mixed 308 SusWrite 169 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 24 90% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 263 201% 274 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 25 13 11 11 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 15.8 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 112%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 616GB free Firmware: 04.01G02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 73 77 67 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 72.6 Write 67.9 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 73.2 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 63%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 118 122 129 113 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 149 Write 145 Mixed 79 SusWrite 119 162% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 86%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 102f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.04% Terrible	Read 15 Write 3.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.1 8% 6.88 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.04% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 72%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16