Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% 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	124% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '16 at 21:49
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 473 61% 462 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 74 Parallax 64.4 55% 68.7 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 58.2 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 89GB free Firmware: D100 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4261 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 171800723491 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12898926615 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17918603498199	29.9% Poor	Read 222 Write 171 Mixed 132 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 5.46 34% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 10.7 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 5.47 7% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 30%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3561 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1396 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9706260299	124% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 418 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 48.2 210% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 98 133% 245 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 253GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17278277 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 47782562049 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3187 (B7) Unknown 100 253 911 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 40 391212433430 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 362917 (C2) HDA temperature 22 60 -14070312861674 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 37 17278277 (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 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 84.8 Mixed 85.5 62% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.45 84% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 325GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1038 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 987 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 22 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 137 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 500GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 119GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 41.7 Mixed 9.3 36% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 25.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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 $40	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