Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140916
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 23:59
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 565 55% 453 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 193 Parallax 196 129% 182 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 183 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 726GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 163 163 164 164 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 428 Mixed 402 SusWrite 164 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 50.2 164% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 295 239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 125%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 183GB free Firmware: V8X01c39 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 156 159 158 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 384 Write 357 Mixed 313 SusWrite 158 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 31.1 118% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.7 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 181 134% 171 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 100%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 302GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 376 430 444 440 445 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 678 Write 606 Mixed 611 SusWrite 412 130% 577 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 74.6 241% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 695 505% 661 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 354%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 163 164 164 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 178 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 164 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 299% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 387GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 163 164 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 150 Mixed 101 SusWrite 163 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 108%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 167 166 162 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 161 Mixed 115 SusWrite 163 201% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB 1302 1600 CL9 Series 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 1302 1600 CL9 Series 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 58%

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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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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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