Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 126 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 677 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 88.1 76% 91.2 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 73.2 64% 79.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23086 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2500 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 287 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15152709110256 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	53.9% Above average	Read 465 Write 178 Mixed 265 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 5.66 69% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 7.6 35% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 72%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$28 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 61GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26387452 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 114480650 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2448 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 217656 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 37 26387452 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.7% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 57.2 Mixed 79.4 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 26.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16