Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 11:24
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-4690K-$235 55,144 User benchmarks - Average bench 80% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	SC Int 131 SC Float 128 SC Mixed 128 103% 129 Pts	QC Int 511 QC Float 505 QC Mixed 503 115% 506 Pts	MC Int 512 MC Float 511 MC Mixed 506 76% 510 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$304 24,954 User benchmarks - Average bench 65% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1090 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Lighting 217 Reflection 170 Parallax 259 72% 215 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 171 Splatting 189 69% 165 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 70%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$258 5,978 User benchmarks - Average bench 68% 500GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2009 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1676 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12895387757 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 46 197569282072 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 74 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310328850 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1458 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4635 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3783 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4601 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 496 Write 316 Mixed 270 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 19.9 120% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 40 86% 183 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB-$60 10,082 User benchmarks - Average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,600 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $127

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $339Bench 87%, 91,027 samples	528x
Core i5-4690KIntel $235Bench 80%, 55,144 samples	511x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 34,420 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $350Bench 64%, 178,167 samples	348x
GTX 1070Nvidia $410Bench 100%, 151,870 samples	140x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 89,643 samples	105x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $86Bench 94%, 163,575 samples	201x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 97%, 97,875 samples	113x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 47%, 85,069 samples	68x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILL $70Bench 52%, 10,113 samples	50x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 59%, 19,459 samples	49x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 61%, 8,440 samples	47x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $297	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20