Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 580 55% 453 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 84.8 79% 96.4 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 88 Splatting 92.7 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 683GB free (System drive) Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 57 52 59 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 147 Write 170 Mixed 66 SusWrite 57.5 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 141 146 149 147 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 108 Write 88.4 Mixed 11.1 SusWrite 146 63% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 108%
Asrock 3TB+ Unlocker 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 53 58 58 63 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.5% Above average	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 57.5 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 79%
Seagate Constellation CS 2TB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 641GB free Firmware: CN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 157 163 161 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 128 Write 107 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 160 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 237GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 109 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 107 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 63%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer - $195

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	351x
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	48x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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