Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (21^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 540 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 57.8 50% 61.3 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 51.9 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 525 549 548 550 554 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 435 Mixed 447 SusWrite 538 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 54.9 201% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 875 606% 756 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 353%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 125 110 112 113 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 378 Write 204 Mixed 194 SusWrite 113 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 37.7 123% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 98.2 83% 122 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 105%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 489GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 125 129 128 128 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 7 Write 19.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 124 36% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 142GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 28.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 78.9 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EVGA SuperSC DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 90%

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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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Typical Z97X Killer Builds (Compare 687 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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