Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '16 at 19:14
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (98^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 209 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 416 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2281) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 92.1 58% 74.9 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 77.2 55% 65.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000VX001-1HH162 1TB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 581GB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210617304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 481412 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2873 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.9% Above average	Read 130 Write 53.9 Mixed 26.6 51% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 26GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 112 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14797705 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2885 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505085982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 30064771102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 37 112 (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 96722663508929 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3604263810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1174578544	63.8% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 28.4 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3160813AS 160GB-$139 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC2H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80914139 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 78 57 8750067334 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3184 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 33 67 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521928735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 43 80914139 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105471511877312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 641326219 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2042233759	36.8% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 66.9 Mixed 34.5 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 2x8GB 968 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 22.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97 Killer Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $109Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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