Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '17 at 10:03
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 374 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 79.4 73% 86.4 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 71.2 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3571 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 403 (B1) Unknown 98 98 71 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12141338280
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1830 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (AA) Unknown 87 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 100 94492557350 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 125750 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 87 100 0 (E9) Unknown 80 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 125750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 168084 (F9) Unknown 100 100 38768	77.9% Very good	Read 487 Write 200 Mixed 254 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 21.3 126% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 50.6 82% 156 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 173 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4094 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 119 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 841GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 166 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4917 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3366 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52699 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 36 (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 200 160 1199 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 81.8 Mixed 93 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 635GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 513 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 170 Mixed 161 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.24 114% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 199GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 64923203 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 709352 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 64 589168675 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 35 26 111669149731 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 20 64923203 (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 38199439130664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1537631627 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1835902	91.3% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 133 Mixed 102 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 113%
WDC WD10 EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 301GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 166 Write 159 Mixed 130 191% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.3 99% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 67%
WDC WD50 00AAKX-60U6AA0 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 182GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 84.1 128% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.1 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $269	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 $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