Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	290% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '15 at 09:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 118 2-Core 234 80% 176 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 651 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMD02 2TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,941 Mixed 2,088 483% 2,172 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 44.5 236% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 246 276% 473 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 314%
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMD02 2TB 718GB free Firmware: 0100 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	258% Outstanding	Read 2,087 Write 1,545 Mixed 1,504 380% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 40.5 200% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 532 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 26.2 137% 315 MB/s

Intel DC P3700 Series NVMe PCIe 800GB-$348 58 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 702GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0151 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,346 Write 1,697 Mixed 1,960 445% 2,001 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 219 4K Mixed 43.7 236% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 229 248% 418 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 304%
Intel SSDSC2BA800G3 800GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 463GB free Firmware: 5DV10270 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296540798 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 48 48 873660468 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 87 87 63 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 11285 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11285 (F2) Unknown 100 100 48	37.9% Below average	Read 314 Write 405 Mixed 335 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.31 2% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)