Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	30.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 12:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 345 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 68.5 0% 48.2 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 71 Splatting 0.04 34% 47.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 240GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1204B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 287 3.2 14 11 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 455 Write 386 Mixed 18 SusWrite 67 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.6 32% 8.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 451GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 100 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 57%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 725GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 80 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 80.6 107% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 16.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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