Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	104% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 02:54
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 372 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 167 Parallax 172 105% 156 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 141 Splatting 104 96% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 53GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10235610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 102297531082536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 207 (B1) Unknown 0 0 163 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 42 1009320067099 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 1009320067099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10235610 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10235610 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10235610 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48249 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20290 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20290 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26214	85.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 276 Mixed 294 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 19.6 129% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 84.3 110% 198 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2193 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 170 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3034958013	104% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 407 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 37.5 155% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 25.9 86% 188 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6707 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 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	89% Excellent	Read 175 Write 135 Mixed 112 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 83GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 151 Write 42.9 Mixed 56 86% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.98 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 3.14 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99924-15- Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $178	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