Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 221 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 546 63% 490 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 82FC) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Lighting 5.27 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 1.75 4% 4.9 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 3.7 Splatting 5.17 4% 5.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5577 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 132 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 57 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5197332248	96.5% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 488 Mixed 497 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 25.1 128% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 23 64% 127 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 34868920 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1516371 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 62 605028388 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3954 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 60129542180 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70261369995380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1111454279 (F2) Unknown 100 253 988311977	104% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 164 Mixed 182 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164335744 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 177145671 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 655687719 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22638 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 77309411367 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137748191110801 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28947492023235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 130024961560586	90.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 135 Mixed 104 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 138 134 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1066 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2653 (C2) HDA temperature 109 106 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 163 Write 147 Mixed 143 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.28 122% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 25GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 16 Mixed 21.5 29% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.46 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.55 89% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.7% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 69%

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Gaming 43%

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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 $129Bench 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: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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