Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.3%, 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 06:43
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (92^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 518 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 80%

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. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.19 Parallax 6.34 3% 5.47 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.3 5% 6.11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2853 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 198 Parallax 191 131% 183 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 181 Splatting 120 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12601 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 244 (B1) Unknown 89 89 217 (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 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32458606542	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 409 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 44 174% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 111 139% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 426GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85534824 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5150819 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 60130525216 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 504954907 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7125 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 81604378651 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 168 1431 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69531225562649 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10085083821 (F2) Unknown 100 253 566132623600	84.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 146 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 4TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 392GB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17155296 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2867623 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 572260383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 320 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 81604378655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.7% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 93.3 Mixed 67.4 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 81GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84479576 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44780525 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (B7) Unknown 77 77 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 28 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 504954907 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 102875 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 73014444059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 10914 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116037131422355 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33269604473 (F2) Unknown 100 253 215374668695	82.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 136 Mixed 145 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 63GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 23.6 Mixed 26.1 35% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.94 126% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB 350 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 OC Formula Builds (Compare 92 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 OC Formula

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	58x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	19x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
HyperX 3K 240GBKingston $70Bench 81%, 27,495 samples	8x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	6x
M500 120GBCrucial $75Bench 66%, 15,430 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	8x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 2,608 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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