Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 16:46
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 563 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 42.8 29% 36.6 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 35.7 26% 31 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer Z280 240G 240GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP021PF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 382 587 590 573 587 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 582 Write 245 Mixed 332 SusWrite 505 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 37.7 143% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 272 265% 434 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 238%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 406GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 493 490 490 491 488 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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