Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	112% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 20:49
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 185 82% 136 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 630 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 144 Parallax 229 112% 170 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 93.3 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 346 350 350 344 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 544 Mixed 432 SusWrite 350 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 34.5 136% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 197 206% 359 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 247%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 134GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 130 134 135 131 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 138 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 143 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 899GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 168 173 175 168 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 190 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 172 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Elements SE 2622 2TB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 449GB free, PID 2622 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 73 74 71 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 72.3 93% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 19.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%

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

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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