Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 01:17
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 508 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760 Ti OEM 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1074) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 41 26% 35.9 fps	MRender 46.8 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 34.6 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-256V2G-HP 256GB 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2803 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 357 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 70328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 76342	91.8% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 282 Mixed 360 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 31.7 138% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 21.2 84% 185 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387263907 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1878 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1605 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1881 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 231929872421 (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 3241	89.1% Excellent	Read 174 Write 137 Mixed 159 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 597GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87759184 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2313289 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 605749284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 727 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15520 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 85899345956 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 78091095376358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1168141184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1727265767	97.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 156 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.35 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 84%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $109Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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