Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 23:45
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 222 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 537 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.5% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 97.8 Parallax 84.3 80% 93.3 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 89 71% 86.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4445 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10991051410709 (A6) Unknown 100 100 32 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 133 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 83 (AE) Unknown 100 100 169 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 40 257698037795 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4793261294755 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19342 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31381 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22643 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11157 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.1% Average	Read 379 Write 109 Mixed 213 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 3.89 68% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 4.23 26% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 70%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 648GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38686687720 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 77 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158914838558 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 129 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4.03 4K Mixed 0.34 143% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 121%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 89.4 Write 87.1 Mixed 83.5 111% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ASU16D3LU1KBG/8G 0420 MI64C1D1629Z1 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.7% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 59%

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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 $269	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 $177	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