Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '16 at 03:23
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 207 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 477 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.1 87% 106 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 250GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2217 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 471 (B1) Unknown 95 95 86 (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 72 46 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28445988307
Poor: 80% Great: 132%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 477GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 22 (03) Spinup time 168 167 2591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 937 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 24 (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	93.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 146 Mixed 127 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 1800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3932 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29797 (C2) HDA temperature 126 90 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 6519 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19242331345 (F2) Unknown 200 200 37038963076 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 77.9 Write 77.7 Mixed 79.1 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 8GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 153 Write 37.5 Mixed 72.7 93% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.46 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.77 85% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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