Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 01:23
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 657 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 111 92% 115 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 95 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27059 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1829 (B1) Unknown 82 82 214 (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 56 40 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 1 410 (F1) Unknown 99 99 148701697984	57.3% Above average	Read 458 Write 52.7 Mixed 96.4 43% 203 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 14.4 90% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 29.2 71% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 89%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 674GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51579912808 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3142 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15435 (C2) HDA temperature 117 117 292058234931 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	40.5% Average	Read 76.6 Write 64.6 Mixed 77.8 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 662GB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386346391 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1800 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12544 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 249108496423 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	65.4% Good	Read 102 Write 126 Mixed 90.3 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 225GB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386411928 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1764 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14836 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14836 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 219043725350 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 78.4 Write 77.7 Mixed 75.8 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 73%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 181 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3834 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 791 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 454404 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 39 (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 42 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.9% Poor	Read 44.8 Write 52 Mixed 51.4 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 51%
Kingston DTR30G2 64GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 57GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 138 Write 25.1 Mixed 33 62% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.49 59% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 80%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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