Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.6% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 15:58
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 401 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 7260) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 32.4 22% 30 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 32.6 24% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2CW180A3 240GB VH 11 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 86GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 100 589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1675 (A6) Unknown 100 100 132 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 184 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 169 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 249108103204 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28593 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11115 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12935	79.3% Very good	Read 488 Write 360 Mixed 411 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 4.23 99% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 26.9 80% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1194 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (A5) Unknown 100 100 824710726707 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 52 206158430248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1537602683238 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 562 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5012 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1498 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1342 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.6% Above average	Read 508 Write 30 Mixed 392 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 7.3 86% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 7.2 64% 147 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 618GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2600 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2598 (C2) HDA temperature 120 88 30 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.9% Good	Read 114 Write 98 Mixed 96.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.37 114% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75 2,837 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 35GB free Firmware: 8.12 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 62 48 234153489 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 475366465 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13292 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 42949672990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 48 234153489 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	17.5% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 30.8 Mixed 30.1 23% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 32%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 34GB free Firmware: 33.08F33 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 107 104 5166 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7690 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 26 (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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	37% Below average	Read 62 Write 66.4 Mixed 62.1 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.57 134% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%

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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 $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

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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