Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	69.7% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '20 at 03:53
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	KOR-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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 610 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 184 Parallax 167 133% 171 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 166 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 64GB-$75 211 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 117 107 99 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 474 Write 134 Mixed 138 SusWrite 107 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.9 121% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 177 133% 181 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 70%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 15GB free Firmware: SAFC01.4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 469 Mixed 163 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 45.7 148% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 13.1 108% 251 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 115%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 87GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 480 479 489 490 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 491 Mixed 446 SusWrite 480 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 69.4 232% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 285GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 71 77 78 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 76.6 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 25EA 4TB 1,124 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3GB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 38.3 Write 35.6 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 37.4 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.8 229% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 81%

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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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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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 $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 $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