Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 351 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gainward(10B0 1180) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1575 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 51.4 35% 44.3 fps	MRender 51.5 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 36 36% 45.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 99 98 100 97 87 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.6% Good	Read 161 Write 127 Mixed 213 SusWrite 102 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 37.1 132% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 96 102% 168 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 93%
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 395GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 191 197 196 197 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 426 Write 259 Mixed 287 SusWrite 191 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 23.7 86% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 109 93% 141 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 61 62 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 56.7 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 61 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 159GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 69 68 67 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 70 Write 58 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 67.4 42% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 76%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 24GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 91 91 90 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.2 Mixed 74 SusWrite 89.9 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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