Asrock Z97X Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 11.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	23.7% 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	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97X Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Memory 17.4 1-Core 11.4 2-Core 17.1 10% 15.3 Pts	4-Core 27.3 8-Core 53.1 5% 40.2 Pts	64-Core 67.1 4% 67.1 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.7% Poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 78.4 10% 36.3 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 70.3 50% 60.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 460GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3067 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 103437705	53.7% Above average	Read 460 Write 383 Mixed 405 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 7.76 38% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 6.99 8% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 134%
Crucial M550 SATA M.2 256GB-$168 143 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6400 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 86 86 447 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 26 317828235314 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 29330967471 (F7) Unknown 100 100 937716099 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2056646130	58.1% Above average	Read 468 Write 442 Mixed 459 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 8.65 38% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 8.44 11% 19 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 943GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186501752 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17587077 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6206 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262149 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20391 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56212531980121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22829269676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10858297830	66.1% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 87.9 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.55 4K Mixed 0.63 199% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AMD R934G2401U1S 2x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	MC Read 1.2 MC Write 2.8 MC Mixed 2.5 6% 2.17 GB/s	SC Read 1.2 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 0.6 5% 1.87 GB/s	Latency 340 12% 340 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 79%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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