Asrock Z97X Killer/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 20:18
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 187 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 551 53% 438 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 6.41 3% 5.61 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.57 5% 6.09 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 95% 116 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.1 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 569 524 471 516 537 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 344 Mixed 546 SusWrite 510 114% 506 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 45.9 135% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 589 444% 602 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 219%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 513GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 316 284 257 291 294 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 373 Mixed 373 SusWrite 299 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 36.9 135% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 339 254% 338 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 104%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 44GB free Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 171 168 171 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 381 Write 213 Mixed 254 SusWrite 167 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 41.3 150% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 205 154% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 75GB free Firmware: 5.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 161 160 163 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 359 Write 214 Mixed 256 SusWrite 160 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 39.6 150% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 138 126% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 1x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 48%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97X Killer/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	29x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	8x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	3x

RAM
TIMETEC-UD3-1600 1438 TIMETEC-UD3-1600 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 28GBUnknownBench 38%, 4 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 3,028 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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