Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	83% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '20 at 13:48
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 582 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 90% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 100 Splatting 88.7 77% 95 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 150 152 151 151 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 432 Write 182 Mixed 220 SusWrite 152 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.3 149% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 164 142% 213 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 89%
Mushkin Striker 480GB-$200 239 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 199GB free Firmware: SAFM01.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 465 481 471 465 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 448 Mixed 297 SusWrite 470 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.9 142% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 64.3 127% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Seagate ST3640623AS 640GB-$192 864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 414GB free Firmware: SD43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 104 103 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 82.7 Write 20.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 103 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-8GXM 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8Y-CC0 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8Y-CC0 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 26.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16