Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	32.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 08:13
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 500 64% 485 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 117% 137 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 96% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 26 30 22 29 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.7% Below average	Read 46.3 Write 102 Mixed 107 SusWrite 28.7 16% 71 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14.3 87% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 99.1 70% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 199GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 166 165 165 168 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 121 Write 111 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 165 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 103GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 77 77 76 78 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 86 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 77.7 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 69%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 301GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 122 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 82.9 Write 116 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 124 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 82%

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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	264x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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