Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.7%, 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	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 17:46
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 640 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.3 142% 91.2 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 143 143 131 156 141 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.2% Very good	Read 276 Write 204 Mixed 242 SusWrite 140 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.6 143% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 165 125% 165 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 84%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 108GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 127 131 135 135 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 99 Write 190 Mixed 181 SusWrite 128 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 34.5 147% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 151 124% 177 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%
OCZ-AGILITY 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 8GB free Firmware: 1.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 97 46 29 20 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 6% Great: 64%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 73 74 74 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 72.5 Write 69.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 73.8 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 43%

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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 $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