Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	86.3% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 07:02
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 219 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 604 66% 525 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M7VC 128GB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42977 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 584 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4029 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2160	86.3% Excellent	Read 513 Write 345 Mixed 348 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 18.2 114% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 11.8 75% 179 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 64GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 128 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85695 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 101 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.25 111% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 55GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116390969 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5664 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 270 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169028001 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2592 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 124556017703 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 588709916 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 34359738396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 25 116390969 (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 93505733019333 (F1) Unknown 100 253 635206734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 868232973	52.3% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 90.5 Mixed 85 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.51 111% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGH1.40M0C 2x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 79%

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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%

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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