Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	112% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '16 at 18:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 668 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 108 88% 109 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 79.5 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT1024MX 1TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 867GB free Firmware: MU04 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 344 Write 388 Mixed 342 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 15.2 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 16.3 22% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 96%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1943 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 475 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 52 206159347738 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18724750885 (F7) Unknown 100 100 588590262 (F8) Unknown 100 100 536391739	112% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 466 Mixed 490 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.3 156% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 63.8 124% 249 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 217GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 822 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 454	102% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 508 Mixed 505 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 14.3 126% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 63.9 119% 234 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.2 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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 $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